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		But in Gudermes, it's clear that the issue of independence hasn't died and that, for the "liberated" Chechens, relations with the Russians remain unresolved.
		Gudermes is a scant 15 miles east of the outskirts of Grozny, which was bombed nearly to dust in the last war.
		Gudermes is only one of a string of cities the Russians claim to have retaken "without firing a shot." But all that means is that there is no street fighting when they roll into town.
	www.rjgeib.com /biography/milken/crescent-moon/asia-minor/chechnya/newchechnya.htm (1617 words)

	War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This was Putin's first serious mistake in the Chechen campaign and, although Russian army seems to have successfully dealt with the attacks by Chechen fighters, Putin lost quite a few points in the upcoming presidential elections, even thought that's unlikely to have any serious effect on the outcome of the elections.
		Chechen rebels in Gudermes are believed to be under the command of Raduyev.
		Attack on Gudermes was rather a diversion from the two main strikes by Chechen rebels against Russian troops in Shali and Argun.
	www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/010900.htm (1503 words)

	In Occupied Chechnya, Order Comes Without Allegiance
		But this month's capture of Gudermes, the bleak but strategically important second largest city in Chechnya, shows that it is one thing to scare Chechen civilians into submission, and quite another to win their allegiance.
		Near Gudermes, the constant boom of Russian artillery and Grad rockets echoed in the distance.
		Gudermes is an eerie, edgy place, populated by women, children and gaunt men who look much older than their years.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/europe/112299russia-chechnya.html (1586 words)

	CNN - Russian troops retake Gudermes - Dec. 26, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The battle for Gudermes, 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of the capital, Grozny, began two weeks ago as rebels, who seek independence for the region, attempted to sabotage Russian-orchestrated elections.
		The Russian bombardment of the city has left little untouched, but the newly elected Moscow-backed leader of the region, Doku Zavgayev, says that the ferocity of the attack was necessary to repel the rebels.
		"The attack on Gudermes by the fighters was barbarous.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /WORLD/9512/chechnya/12-26 (363 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Chechnya under siege
		The Russian command said it was appealing to Chechen separatist guerrillas to abandon Gudermes, a strategic prize on the eastern approaches to Grozny.
		Russian troops are entrenched on the fringes of the capital, advancing from the north and west, while the siege of Gudermes is to be followed by an advance on the capital from the east.
		Gudermes sits astride the key route from Grozny to the Russian republic of Dagestan to the east, with ridges to the city's north and south now occupied by Russian artillery.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,261325,00.html (595 words)

	The Voice of Russia
		Her car was subjected to a grenade and submachine attack resulting in the wounding of her son and bodyguard.
		The head of the Beloreche village administration in Gudermes district was killed.
		In Gudermes militants killed at night the head of the Criminal Investigation Department under the Russian Interior Ministry, police captain Imran Termulayev.
	www.vor.ru /Chechnya/terr.html (7143 words)

	CNN - Russia seizes Chechnya's second-largest city - November 12, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The local population in Gudermes persuaded the rebel fighters to leave, according to top military officials in Moscow.
		Russian officers said some Gudermes residents were cooperating in the occupation of the city because they're tired of the fighting.
		He suggested that like Gudermes, residents in Grozny may help the Russians take the city because they are tired of the fighting.
	rss.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9911/12/chechnya.03 (932 words)

	Russia preparing for assault on rebels holding Chechen city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chechen insurgents have encircled more than 150 Russian troops in Gudermes, 20 miles east of the capital, Grozny, in some of the fiercest fighting in months in the secessionist republic.
		Residents have been streaming out of Gudermes since rebels attacked it Thursday in an attempt to thwart Moscow-imposed elections for a new Chechen leader.
		A spokesman for the Russian military command said its forces were preparing additional army units, artillery and Grad rocket launchers for an "operation to free Gudermes," the Interfax news agency reported.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/95/12/20/chech.html (419 words)

	Prima-News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On December 11, police officers from the regional police department in Gudermes, in which the so called Congress of the Chechen People was taking place at that time, detained chairwoman of the Society of Chechen War Victims Zainap Dzhambekova.
		She was arrested together with two women and three men for an attempt to organize a meeting of protest outside the building in which the Congress was held.
		Zainap Dzhambekova arrived at Gudermes on December 11 for the purpose of drawing the Congress’ attention to the issue of missing Chechens.
	www.prima-news.ru /eng/news/news/2002/12/16/22063.html (158 words)

	World-News
		Hundreds are thought to have died in the fighting for Gudermes, the bloodiest episode since the ceasefire was agreed in June.
		Hundreds are thought to have died in the fighting for Gudermes, the bloodiest episode in the Chechnya conflict since a loose ceasefire was agreed in June.
		The fighting in Gudermes appeared to be the bloodiest battle between Russian forces and separatists in Chechnya since a June cease-fire often violated by minor clashes.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/news-old/wo-dec2-95.html (5308 words)

	www.refugee.ru Celebration in the Temporary Accommodation Center (TAC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the Gudermes region, in the temporary accommodation center for forced migrants, live 1208 people, 528 of whom are children.
		In all of these kind beginnings, the administration of the Gudermes region never remained aloof from the proceedings and gave both moral and material support.
		And lastly: owing to the help Gudermes businessmen,Salambeka Gelishanova, Alhazura Abdurahmanova, and Hanpashi Amirov, it was possible to arrange for a dinner for the participants of the ceremonies.
	www.refugee.ru /prazdpvr/engprazdpvr.htm (1308 words)

	Sobaka :: Dossier: Sulim Yamadayev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An ally of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, Yamadayev was injured in an assassination attempt orchestrated by Muslim fundamentalist-cum-warlord-cum-slavetrader Arbi Barayev on July 17, 1998.
		An estimated 150 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Gudermes fighting before Maskhadov's security forces rolled in and chased Barayev out of the city.
		Yamadayev was still in overall command of Gudermes when the Russians invaded Chechnya in 1999.
	www.diacritica.com /sobaka/dossier/yamadayev.html (1632 words)

	Felist.Com : CHECHNYA FREE.RU - actual news from Chechen Republic
		His coach is Lechi Kurbanov, also from Gudermes, who is still successfuly participating in Russian and international tournaments.
		Gudermes and republican commandant and interior troops together with federal troops, special forces units, and Federal Security Service officers ensured the security at the event.
		According to sports and physical culture chief of the Gudermes district administration Mairbek Shapiev, the success of the races led the organizers to schedule similar competition for next year too with more riders participating.
	felist.com /archive/news.media.chechnyafree/200209/27141937.html (2005 words)

	NewStandard: 11/14/99
		GUDERMES, Russia -- Russian forces hoisted the country's flag over Chechnya's second-largest city Saturday, claiming full control as federal aircraft obliterated apartment buildings elsewhere in the rebel republic.
		They have advanced from Russian-held areas in the north around to the east, raiding Chechnya's second-largest city of Gudermes, and southwest of the capital, toward the town of Urus-Martan.
		Putin also claimed that the seizure of Gudermes had marked a "cardinal change" in the Russian campaign, because residents had helped Russian troops "liberate" the city from militants.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-99/11-14-99/a07wn022.htm (670 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Chechnya photo gallery
		Russian soldiers carry shells for howitzers at positions near Gudermes, the second-largest town in Chechnya, 19 miles east of Grozny.
		The Russian military have aimed to use air and artillery strikes before sending troops in to conquer Chechnya's towns in their military offensive against the province.
		The bodies of two Chechen fighters killed in the conflict with Russian troops lie on the frozen ground near Gudermes, Chechnya, as a Russian tank drives by.
	www.guardian.co.uk /chechnya/galleryguide/0,6143,196021,00.html (307 words)

	[Islam-Online- Top News]
		GUDERMES, Russia, July 3 (AFP)-At least 44 Russian soldiers and three civilians died in a wave of Chechen suicide bomb attacks in the breakaway Islamic republic of Chechnya.
		Udugov further claimed that 18 Russians were killed in an ambush near the southern village of Vedeno, deep in the republic's southern mountains.
		Up to 200 people were killed in Chechnya's administrative capital Gudermes, he said, while more than 120 people were in the destroyed building in Argun at the time of the blast.
	www.islamonline.net /IOL-english/dowalia/news-2000-July-04/topnews2.asp (635 words)

	War in Chechnya - 1999, news archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		General Manilov also said that under favorable conditions Chechnya may be liberated from all terrorists by the end of the year.
		Forward units of the federal forces in Gudermes district of Chechnya have reached the city of Argun located 15 km to the east of Grozny.
		Russian forces in Argun are in control of industrial facilities on the outskirts of the city.
	www.aeronautics.ru /chechnya/111299.htm (897 words)

	Pravda.RU Terrorist Attack Repelled, Gudermes Fully Controlled By Federal Troops
		He said Gudermes, Chechnya's second largest city, is blocked and combed by Russian troops.
		The investigation of a terrorist attack on the second largest city of Chechnya - Gudermes - is being conducted by several investigative teams, the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic reported on Tuesday.
		The greater part of terrorists who attacked Gudermes, Chechnya, Monday were local residents who were in the city before the attack waiting for the conventional sign, the North-Caucasian regional crime directorates told RIA Novosti.
	newsfromrussia.com /hotspots/2001/09/18/15466.html (1768 words)

	CNN - Russian troops enter Gudermes, begin to 'clear' city - November 12, 1999
		GROZNY, Russia -- Russian soldiers began to occupy Gudermes, Chechnya's second-largest city, on Friday, a day after troops hammered the capital of the breakaway republic, Grozny.
		Seizing Gudermes, 33.6 kilometers (21 miles) east of Grozny, represents a significant victory for the Russians.
		Securing Gudermes would give Russia control over its first major population center in the province since its troops withdrew in defeat after the 1994-96 war.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9911/12/chechnya.01 (782 words)

	[Islam-Online- Top News]
		GUDERMES (AFP) - Chechnya's self-proclaimed independence day passed off Wednesday with no sign of a feared wave of kamikaze bombings, but Chechens defied a Russian security clampdown to launch isolated attacks.
		The normally busy streets and market of Gudermes were deserted but for Russian military patrols, which were stepped up to prevent Chechen sympathizers marking the controversial anniversary with acts of violence.
		Special units of elite interior ministry troops were deployed on key roads across the republic as Chechen threats of suicide car bombings were met with a blanket ban on civilian vehicles.
	www.islamonline.net /iol-English/dowalia/news-2000-sep-08/topnews11.asp (704 words)

	World-News
		The few residents who did escape Gudermes on Saturday told reporters for independent NTV that their city was devastated.
		Guerrillas seeking independence for Chechnya seized the Gudermes rail depot and other key buildings in the city on Dec. 14, in a bid to disrupt elections called by Moscow to replace local separatist leaders.
		Rebels attacked Gudermes on Dec. 14 in an attempt to thwart Kremlin-imposed elections for a new Chechen leader and the Russian parliament.
	www.christusrex.org /www2/news-old/wo-dec1-95.html (7526 words)

	Kadyrov «inaugurated» in Gudermes :. News :. THE CHECHEN TIMES
		In a reflection of the violence that continues to plague Chechnya, where the second war in a decade is in its fifth year, the location of the inauguration was not made public ahead of time due to concerns that rebels might try to attack the ceremony.
		Kadyrov’s eldest son, Zelimkhan, was not able to attend the inauguration after being seriously injured in a car accident in eastern Chechnya on Friday.
		Zelimkhan Kadyrov, 29, an officer in the Chechen Interior Ministry, was rushed to a Gudermes hospital and later flown to Moscow, where he underwent surgery.
	www.chechentimes.org /en/news?id=8115 (518 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		By Erik Batuev in Gudermes, Chechnya (CRS No. 21, 3-Mar-00) "Sometimes I find myself staring down my night-sights straight at a Chechen sniper who's staring down his night-sights at me," mutters Sanka without moving his lips.
		After a while, he nods at me and we go our separate ways." Sanka is the scout for a detachment of railway troops, billeted in the camp behind us.
		Gudermes was among the first Chechen towns to surrender to the federal army and has been rewarded for its loyalty with gas, electricity and irregular supplies.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/cau/cau_200003_21_05_eng.txt (525 words)

	Swept Under:
		After repeatedly announcing and then suspending plans to move the seat of the Chechen government from Gudermes to the Chechen capital, the government opened its new headquarters in central Grozny on April 23.
		According to press reports, the administration had already held one meeting in Grozny the previous week and was expected to complete the move within a week.
		As of November 2001, the Chechen administration remained in Gudermes.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2002/russchech/chech0202-03.htm (233 words)

	CNN - Annan 'disturbed' by Russia's offensive in Chechnya - November 12, 1999
		Annan was "disturbed to see that the scope of the military offensive in Chechnya seems to have evolved far beyond a campaign with the limited objective of rooting out terrorists," his spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said.
		Russian news agencies reported that the meeting of President Boris Yeltsin's top ministerial advisory body will be chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has been masterminding the military advance.
		Moscow's seizure of Gudermes significantly boosted the campaign, but it was unclear late Friday how firmly the 1,000 federal troops held the city.
	edition.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9911/12/russia.chechnya.04 (1031 words)

	CNN - Russians, rebels clash in Chechnya - Dec. 15, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The attacks -- against Gudermes, Chechnya's second largest city -- came as Chechens went to the polls Thursday to elect a president for Chechnya and members of Russia's parliament.
		Rebel forces wearing Russian uniforms slipped in Gudermes Thursday and captured several key points in the town.
		But even as Russian forces retook Gudermes, rebel forces apparently seized key buildings in Urus-Martan, 12 miles southwest of the Chechen capital Grozny.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /WORLD/9512/russia_chechnya (265 words)

	The Christian Science Monitor \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		GUDERMES, CHECHNYA - In an operation local residents say is typical in Russian-controlled areas, men in camouflage uniforms and fl ski masks arrived in an unmarked armored vehicle on Mozdokskaya Street in Grozny, the Chechen capital, and whisked away 10 people.
		A Muslim spiritual leader in Gudermes, the center of the Moscow-appointed Chechen administration in this breakaway southern republic, he now takes care of all eight of his grandchildren.
		But she is no supporter of the rebels, either, having been held hostage for eight months in 1998 by kidnappers linked to a Chechen warlord.
	www.csmonitor.com /cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2000/12/11/p7s1.htm (1110 words)

	Ar-Raseed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The rebels seized parts of Gudermes, the mountainous region's second town, early in the morning and rained small arms fire and grenades on Russian troops dispatched hurriedly to the city, 20 miles east of Grozny.
		A second polling station in a former brewery was closed tight and another one came under attack from a grenade launcher, closing operations down for the whole day.
		Grachev said in Moscow, warning that the Russians would fight back, "Maybe in future it will be necessary to carry out actions, not on the scale of a year ago, but nevertheless no-nonsense military actions," he said, recalling the bloody army offensive in the region last December.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~luqman/raseed345.html (2532 words)

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