Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis

Budyonnovsk hospital
terrorist act
Part of the First Chechen War
Hostages released from the hospital at Budyonnovsk
LocationBudyonnovsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia
Coordinates44°47′02″N 44°09′57″E / 44.7839°N 44.1658°E / 44.7839; 44.1658
Date14–19 June 1995
Attack type
Hostage crisis
Deaths129
Injured415
PerpetratorsChechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev and Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev
MotiveForcing ceasefire in the war, securing safe return to Chechnya
Location of Stavropol Krai territory on the map of Russia

The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis took place from 14 to 19 June 1995, when a group of 195 Chechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev attacked the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, some 110 kilometres (70 mi) north of the border with the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The attack resulted in a ceasefire between Russia and Chechen separatists, and peace talks (which later failed) between Russia and Ichkeria.


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