Chechen separatist soldier stands on an APC, guarding the presidential palace on Grozny's central square, on November 25, 1994. Tension is rising in...
Chechen fighter takes cover from sniper fire in front of the from the presidential palace destroyed by Russian artillery bombardments in Grozny on...
Russian Interior Ministry Soldiers Approach To Botlikh, Dagestan, Southern Russia, On A Truck, Sunday, August 8, 1999. Three Villages In Dagestan...
Year-Old Refugee Aishat Gandziyeva Cries After Returning To Her Home In The Village Verkhny Gamiyakh Near Khasavyurt, Dagestan September 11, 1999....
20Oct99 Chechnya Russian Soldiers Prepare To Attack A Chechen Military Post Just Outside Of Chechnya's Capital Grozny October 20, 1999. A Russian...
Russian unit's lead T-72 tanks, one mounted with a mine-clearing system , halt near Samashky, some 40 kilometers from Grozny, on December 13, 1994....
Chechen fighter runs for cover as another hides behind a destroyed Russian tank during fighting in Grozny, 08 January. Russian forces resumed...
Chechen separatists fight Rusxsian soldiers 05 January 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Russian troops entered...
Russian troops at Chechen road block, re old foes at odds over N. Ossetian-Ingush ethnic war in Chechnya's neighboring autonomous areas N. Ossetia &...
Vitaly says he is of Russian origin and fought in the Russian army during the first Chechen war, but today fights alongside Ukrainian soldiers on...
Russian Soldiers Rest After A Battle With Islamic Rebels Near Karamakhi Village, Dagestan, September 8, 1999.
Chechen fighters run across the street, trying to avoid sniper fires as they head for the presidential palace in dowtown Grozny on January 12, 1995....
Russian Artillery Bombarding Dagestan against Muslim fundamentalists from Chechnya under Shamil Basayev who attempt, staged an abortive insurrection...
Two women rise white flags through the broken window of the bus where a group of Chechen fighters keep them as hostages 10 January 1996 in the region...
Chechen fighters position a machine gun during a pause in fighting in downtown Grozny 10 January as flames burst from a damaged gas pipeline burn in...
Chechnyan soldiers stand about with weapons during the Russian-Chechen war. As this picture was taken, Grozny was the target of Russian troops, who...
An armed Chechen separatist fighter displays a row of gold teeth during the First Chechen War, Chechnya, 1995.
Chechen fighter checks his weapon while chatting with some comrades on January 17, 1995 on the outskirts of Grosny in the breakaway Republic of...
Russian soldiers sit around a fire in Khassavyurt, on the Chechen-Daghestan border, on December 22, 1994 as they wait for instructions to storm...
Members of the Russian Army sit atop an armored personal vehicle with a logo of "Soldier of Fortune" 18 July 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway...
Russian Artillery Bombarding Dagestan against Muslim fundamentalists from Chechnya under Shamil Basayev who attempt, staged an abortive insurrection...
Russian forces on patrol fighting against Muslim fundamentalists from Chechnya under Shamil Basayev who attempt, staged an abortive insurrection in...
Two members of the Russian Army "special forces" prepare for a mission 18 May 1995 in Khankala on the eastern outskirts of Grozny, capital of the...
Russian paratroopers guard the camp of their airborne unit in Beslan, North Ossetia on December 03, 1994. The unit was flown in several days ago and...
Two women rise white flags through the broken window of the bus where a group of Chechen fighters keep them as hostages 10 January 1996 in the region...
Chechnyan soldier stands about with his rifle during the Russian-Chechen war. As this picture was taken, Russian troops were invading the country in...
Chechen fighter carrying a machine gun heads for downtown Grosny 17 January as fierce fighting with Russian soldiers continue in the break-away...
Chechen fighter carrying a machine gun heads for Grozny city center 17 January as fierce fighting with Russian soldiers continue in the break-away...
Russian soldier blocks the street where other soldiers try to take control of the hospital of the town of Budennovsk against Chechen rebels 17 June...
Chechen fighter carries two shells on his way back to his position 26 January 1995, as heavy guns of the Russian forces continue to blast Grozny's...
Chechen fighters carrying a machine gun head for Grozny city center 17 January as fierce fighting with Russian soldiers continue in the break-away...
During the second war Visjan lost his parents and three of his brothers. Today he lives with Jalami, his only remaining sister. He hates the Russians.
Anna is a Chechen refugee and has seven daughters. She lives in a refugee camp in Ingushetia. Most of the civilians in Chechnya try to cross the...
File picture taken 30 January 1996 shows Chechen field commander Shamil Bassayev as he speakes with the Chechen fighters' chief of staff Aslan...
Chechnyan soldiers stand about with weapons during the Russian-Chechen war. As this picture was taken, Grozny was the target of Russian troops, who...
Russian Interior Ministry troops sit on an Armoured Personnel Carrier with their dogs in Grozny 15 February, where the situation reportedly remains...
Chechen fighter holding a homemade automatic gun takes advantage of a pause in the shelling in downtown Grozny 13 December. Russian forces launched a...
Chechen fighters return to the outskirts of Grozny after their overnight battle against Russian troops in central Grozny, 22 January. Russian forces...
Russian APC by Chechen militia, re old foes at odds over Chechen entry into Ossetian-Ingush ethnic war in Chechnya's autonomous neighbors Ingushetia...
Chechen volunteers on a truck prepare to go to the front line on December 22, 1994 in front of the presidential palace in Grozny city. Russian...