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Chechen Interwar Period

1996 CE – 1999 CE · 3 years

Between the two Chechen wars, the de facto independent Chechnya descended into lawlessness and Islamist radicalization, with kidnappings and cross-border raids provoking the Second Chechen War.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Chechen warlords, Islamist militants
  • Russian-aligned Chechen factions

Key moments

Defining events in the Chechen Interwar Period.

  1. 1999 Invasion of Dagestan
  2. 1999 Moscow apartment bombings

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

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1998 CE – 2000 CE

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Petra

300 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

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First Chechen War

1994 CE – 1996 CE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

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Yemen

Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1996 CE and 1999 CE.

1998 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War 1998 CE Eritrean-Ethiopian Border War (Badme) 1999 CE Second Chechen War 1996 CE First Congo War 1996 CE Nepalese Civil War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Zaire (Belgium) Polity · Africa 1920 CE – 1997 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE The Troubles Conflict · Europe 1968 CE – 1998 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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