Battle of Gudermes

Battle of Gudermes
Part of the First Chechen War
Date 14 December-23 December 1995 Location Gudermes, Russia Result Russian Victory Chechen Militiants forced to retreat after heavy Russian Shelling
Belligerents
Russia	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Commanders and leaders
Leonid Valov  † Vladimir Lastochkin  † Alexey Borvkovich  †	Salman Raduev Khunkar Israfilov Sultan Geliskhanov
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces  Russian Ground Forces	Chechen Militiants
Strength
Unknown	4000
Casualties and losses
More than 100 Killed 50 Wounded	Unknown
Many civilians Dead or Missing

The Battle of Gudermes (December 1995)  was an battle of the First Chechen War, in which Russian armed forces regained control of Gudermes. It was characterized by large losses among the civilian population and mutual accusations of Genocide.^[1]