Alkhan-Kala operation | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Part of Second Chechen War | |||||||
| |||||||
Belligerents | |||||||
![]() |
![]() | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1+ | 18+ separatists killed | ||||||
unknown civilians killed or wounded 800 civilians arrested |
The Alkhan-Kala operation was a zachistka (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya, starting on 25 June 2001, during the Second Chechen War. The week-long sweep of Alkhan-Kala erupted into armed clashes with Chechen separatists, and the initial raid resulted in the death of Arbi Barayev, a high-ranking Chechen insurgent commander and organized crime leader.