Battle of Bamut
| Battle of Bamut | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the First Chechen War | |||||||||
Russian soldier in Bamut | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russia | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Vladimir Shamanov Anatoly Kulikov | |||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
|
| ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
|
1995: ~2,160 troops 1996: ~2,610 troops Equipment (1996): 45 tanks, 115 BMPs, 17 BTRs, 75 artillery pieces, helicopters, and 18 Su-24/Su-25 aircraft |
100–300 fighters Per Russia: 1,000+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Casualties and material damage | |||||||||
The Battle of Bamut was a prolonged military engagement during the First Chechen War that lasted from 10 March 1995 to 24 May 1996. The battle for the village of Bamut and its surrounding heights became one of the most intense and symbolic of the conflict, as Chechen forces utilized decommissioned Soviet missile silos to withstand more than a year of Russian assaults. Russian federal forces under the command of Major General Vladimir Shamanov eventually captured the settlement in May 1996. The battle resulted in the complete destruction of the village.