First Chechen War, Armed Chechen fighter looks out the door of an apartment building South of Grozny in Chechnya.

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An armed Chechen fighter looks out the bullet marked door of an apartment building South of Grozny, the capital of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. According to the Russian military 5,500 of it’s’ soldiers died during the “First Chechen War” between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Independent groups estimate that 30,000 to 100,000 civilians died and more than 500,000 were displaced during the conflict. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Size: 5643px × 3756px
Location: Apartment Building, near Grozny, Chechnya, Former Soviet Union
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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