In 1999, Chechnya was its own republic. It was in 1999 that Russia launched a military campaign known as the Second Chechen War and took Chechnya back as a Russ

In 1999, Chechnya was its own republic. It was in 1999 that Russia launched a military campaign known as the Second Chechen War and took Chechnya back as a Russian state. Civillian casualty estimates during that war range from 25,000 to 50,000. It's all very complicated, of course.