Editing Second Chechen War (section)

===First Chechen War===
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[[File:Evstafiev-helicopter-shot-down.jpg|thumb|A Russian helicopter downed by [[Chechens|Chechen]] militants near the capital [[Grozny]], during the [[First Chechen War]]]]

During the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, there was an [[Chechen Revolution|anti-Soviet revolution]] in Chechnya, which ultimately led to [[Chechnya]] [[declaration of independence|declaring independence]]. In 1992, [[Chechens|Chechen]] and [[Ingush people|Ingush]] leaders signed an agreement splitting the joint [[Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Checheno–Ingush republic]] in two, with Ingushetia joining the Russian Federation and Chechnya remaining independent. The tension between Chechnya and Russia over independence ultimately led to [[Russian Intervention in Ichkeria|Russian intervention in the republic]], in which the Russians covertly tried to oust the government of [[Dzhokhar Dudayev]]. The [[First Chechen War]] began in 1994, when Russian forces entered Chechnya on the premise of restoring constitutional order. Following nearly two years of brutal fighting, with a death toll exceeding 100,000 by some estimates, the 1996 [[Khasav-Yurt Accord|Khasavyurt ceasefire]] agreement was signed and Russian troops were withdrawn from the republic.<ref>Campana, Aurelie."The Effects of War on the Chechen National Identity Construction."Article 8.2(2006):129–148</ref>