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The First Isirid War
Date:December 9, 1994 - December 31, 1996
Place:Isirida and partly Uranmasha.
Reason:Isirida's independence; High taxes; Ethnic Cleansing.
Bottom line: Isirida's Victory; The Uralmashev Accords;
1) Withdrawal of federal troops from Chechnya
2) The question of the status of Isirida is postponed until December 31, 2001
3)The Actual Independence of Isiris Prior to the Second Isirida War.
Opponents:
1)The Oryol EmpireThe Isirid Republic
Armed ForcesTerrorists
OMONPartisans
Federal SWATDeserters
Forces of the parties:
60 000(December 1994)10-15 thousand terrorists
120 000(January 1995)40-60 thousand partisans and deserters
Losses
Official data:
2,890 members of the armed forces.According to the empire:10-80 thousand terrorists
1,090 riot police.
Total: 3980
33980 dead and wounded.
Civilian casualties
From 40,000 to 150,000 dead.
Contents
1)Description
2)Background to the conflict
3)The Irsidian Revolution of 1990
4)The course of war
5)Assault on Isirida
Description
The First Isirid War(officially: operations to restore constitutional order in Isirida 1994-1996.)- fighting in the territory of Isirida and the border regions of Northern Uranmasha between the forces of the Empire (AF and MIA) and the unrecognized Isirida Republic to take control of the territory of Isirida, in which the Isirida Republic was proclaimed in 1991.
Background to the conflict
With the beginning of reforms in various republics of the Orel Empire, including the Isirida region, various nationalist movements became active. One such organization was the National Congress of the Isirid People, established in 1990, which aimed to withdraw Isirida from the Empire and establish an independent Isirid Republic. It was headed by a former general of the Orlov Air Force, Stepan Yakovlevich Orlov.
The Irsidian Revolution of 1990
On June 8, 1990, Stepan Yakovlevich Orlov, the city mayor, proclaimed the Irsid Republic, thus creating a dual power in the republic.
July 1990. Isirida City Hall declares that the self-proclaimed Isirida Republic is not part of the Empire.
Having assessed the situation, on September 6, 1990, Stepan Orlov announced the dissolution of the republican state structures, accusing the Orlov empire of colonial policy. On the same day, Stepan's supporters stormed the Isirida City Hall, the television center, and the radio station. More than 40 deputies were beaten up and the chairman of the city council was killed by throwing him out of a window.
On November 7, 1990, the President of the Empire signed the Decree "On the introduction of the state of emergency in the Isirida Republic.
After the publication of the presidential decree on the introduction of the state of emergency, supporters of the separatists surrounded the police and Federal Omonny buildings, military camps, and blocked railway and airplane terminals. Eventually, the declaration of a state of emergency was thwarted: On November 11, the decree "On Declaring the State of Emergency in the Republic of Isiris" was not approved by the Orlov parliament after a heated debate.
Stepan Orlov announced the final withdrawal of Isirida from the Orlov Empire. The separatists began seizing military depots. The withdrawal of Oryol military units, police units and the federal omon antiterrorist forces from the republic was initiated, finally ending by June 1992.
The course of war
1)Entry of troops (December 1994)
On November 30, 1994 the President of the Empire signed Decree No. 2156 "On Measures to Restore Constitutional Law and Order in the Territory of the Isirida Republic".
A Joint Group of Federal Forces (OGFV) was created with the imperial side, consisting of formations and units of the Defense Ministry, the federal omon, border guards and police forces. Direct supervision of the actions of the OGFV was entrusted to the Joint Command, formed on the basis of the management of the Northern Urals Military District, which included operational groups of the Air Force, Airborne Forces, General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, Navy and several other ministries and departments. Colonel General Artyom Kondratyev was the first commander of the OGFV. General supervision over the preparation and conduct of the operation was entrusted to the Minister of Defense of the Empire, Army General Nikolai Pavlov. The idea of the operation was developed in the General Staff with the participation of representatives of the interacting ministries and agencies.
Three groupings of troops were created to advance into Isirida from three directions:
1)Trudoyarsk under the command of Lieutenant General Valentin Sergeyev, First Deputy Commander of the Empire (15 battalions, 2 special purpose companies, 6,564 men, 41 tanks, 132 BMPs, 99 APCs, 54 guns and mortars);
2)Svyatogradskaya under the command of Lieutenant General Afanasy Kulakov, Deputy Airborne Troops Commander (11 battalions, 3,915 men, 34 tanks, 98 BMPs, 67 APCs, 62 guns, 14 helicopters);
3)Kolmanskaya under the command of Lieutenant General Boris Yakovlev, commander of the 8th Army Corps (8 battalions, 4,053 men, 7 tanks, 162 APCs, 28 guns and mortars, 16 helicopters).
By the evening of December 10, the concentration of forces was completed, and on the morning of December 11, 1994, all three groups of OGFV (a total of 23,800 men - 19,100 from the Armed Forces and 4,700 from the Interior Ministry troops. 19,100 men from the Armed Forces, 4,700 from the Interior Ministry troops, 80 tanks, 208 BMPs and APCs, 182 guns and mortars, 140 combat aircraft and 55 helicopters) entered Chechnya from three directions - from the west via Uranmash in the North Urals; from the northwest via Trudoyarsk in the North Blockade, directly adjacent to Isirida; and from the east via Aidarino.
The eastern (Kolman) group was blocked in the Khasavirtov district of Aidarino by local residents, Isiris-Avukhovs.
The Western (Sviatogradskaya) group was also blocked by local residents and came under fire near the village of Kern.
On the way to Isirida, the troops encountered resistance from the aggressive local population, including road blockades, the destruction and burning of vehicles and equipment, and the seizure of single cars and small groups of soldiers. The Oryol command was totally unprepared for this, and as a result it took 16 days to advance to Isirida instead of 3 days according to plan. Such a long delay allowed Orlov's troops to prepare Isirida for defense. It also revealed inconsistency in military and political assessment of the situation in Isirida - although Orlov's statements in all previous years were distinguished by militancy and aggressiveness, the Kremlin for some reason was not ready for active armed resistance to Isirida formations.
Near Dolinsk, the Oryol Armed Forces came under fire from the enemy's Grad MLRS and then engaged in combat for this settlement.
Kuhlmann's grouping (8th Army Corps), commanded by Boris Yakovlev, reached Yurt on December 15, moving bypassing the Uranian steppes.
A new offensive by OGV units began on December 19. The Svyatograd (western) grouping blockaded Isirida from the west, bypassing the Suzhensky ridge. On December 20, the Vtoroyarsk (northwestern) group occupied Dolinsk and blockaded Isirida from the northwest. A Kolmansk (northeastern) group blockaded Isirida from the northeast, and paratroopers of the 104th Airborne Regiment blockaded the city from the Arun Gorge. The southern part of Isirida was not blockaded - it was assumed that civilians would leave the city there, but the troops defending it enjoyed almost unimpeded supply.
Thus, in the initial phase of combat operations, in the first weeks of the war, the Imperial forces were able to occupy the northern regions of Isirida almost without resistance.
Assault on Isirida(December 1994-March 1995).
In mid-December, federal troops began shelling the suburbs of Isirida, and on December 19 the first bombing of the city center took place.
Despite the fact that Isirida remained unblocked from the south (a so-called "corridor" was left there for civilians to exit), on December 31, 1994, the assault on the city by specially created new groups of North, Northeast, West, and East began. About 250 armored vehicles entered the city, which were extremely vulnerable in street battles. The Oryol military was poorly trained, there was no cooperation and coordination between the various units, and many soldiers lacked combat experience. The troops had limited aerial photographs of the city and limited outdated city plans from the 1970s. Communication facilities were not equipped with closed-circuit communication equipment, which allowed the enemy to intercept communications. The troops were ordered to occupy only industrial buildings and squares and not to allow entry into civilian houses. Once again there was a clear underestimation of the enemy - the city, defended by a 15-thousand Isiridae group, was stormed by 6,000 imperial troops with poor cooperation between its units. In spite of everything that had happened before, the stubborn resistance of the Isirida forces in Isirida, which the combatants later recalled as "fanatical," was also a surprise.
The western group of forces was stopped on the outskirts, while the eastern group (129th MSP), having been repulsed, also withdrew and did not take any action until January 2, 1995. On the north, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 131st Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (over 300 men), a motorized rifle battalion and a tank company of the 81st Motorized Rifle Regiment (10 tanks), under the command of General Yarmov, reached the railway station and the Presidential Palace.Federal troops were surrounded - according to official data, the 131st Brigade lost 85 servicemen killed and 72 missing, 20 tanks were destroyed, Brigade Commander Colonel Ulyanov was killed, and over 100 servicemen were taken prisoner. The reinforced battalion of the 81st Gvt. Motorized Rifle Regiment also sustained heavy losses: by January 1, only 30% of its regular strength remained.
Two groups moved toward the Presidential Palace and by January 9 occupied the Oil Institute building and Isirida Airport. By January 19, these groups had met in the center of Isirida and captured the Presidential Palace, but the Isirida separatist units withdrew behind the Sumga River and took up defenses in Peace Square. Despite the successful offensive, the Orlov military controlled only a third of the city by then.
By early February the OGV strength had been increased by 120,000.
Only on February 3, 1995, the grouping South was formed and the plan to blockade Isirida from the south began. By February 9, the Orlov units had reached the Rhodon City-Kurdan federal highway line.
In the 20s of February street battles continued in the city (especially in its southern part), but Isiridian detachments, deprived of support, gradually retreated from the city.
Finally, on March 6, 1995, a detachment of separatist field commander Burney of Isirida retreated from Chrenorech, the last area of Isirida controlled by the separatists, and the city finally came under the control of the Orlov military.
As a result of the storming of Isirida, a large part of the city was turned into ruins.
