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Shamil Basayev

10 battles4 wars

Career span

c. 1987 – c. 2006

1990199520002005War in Abkhazia · 1992-1993First Nagorno-Karabakh War · 1988-1994First Chechen War · 1994-1996Second Chechen War · 1999-2009Battle of Gagra — October 1, 1992 · Abkhazia · War in AbkhaziaBattle of Shusha — January 1, 1992 · Azerbaijan · First Nagorno-Karabakh WarBattle of Sukhumi — September 16, 1993 · Abkhazia · War in AbkhaziaBattle of Grozny — January 1, 1994 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · First Chechen WarBattle of Grozny — December 31, 1994 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · First Chechen WarBattle of Grozny — January 1, 1996 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · First Chechen WarBattle of Grozny (March 1996) — January 1, 1996 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · First Chechen WarBattle of Grozny — December 25, 1999 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · Second Chechen WarBattle for Height 776 — February 29, 2000 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · Second Chechen WarBattle of Vedeno — August 1, 2001 · Chechen Republic of Ichkeria · Second Chechen War

Active service 1992–2001 — 10 battles across 4 wars.

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