Battle of Dolinskoye
Part of First Chechen War
Date 12–22 December 1994 (1 week and 3 days) Location Dolinskoye, Chechnya Result Chechen victory
Belligerents
Russia	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Vakha Arsanov Hussein Ikshanov
Casualties and losses
200 killed 3 BM-21 'Grad' destroyed [1]	3 killed

The Battle of Dolinskoye (Dolinskoe, Dolinsky), which took place 25 kilometers northwest of the Chechen capital of Grozny, was the first major ground engagement of the First Chechen War.

The battle began on 12 December 1994, when six officers (including two colonels) and 13 enlisted men of the Russian Airborne Troops died in a surprise 9K51 Grad multiple rocket launcher attack on an advancing column of armored vehicles of the 106th Airborne Division and 56th Airborne Brigade.^[2] The Russian side immediately retaliated with a helicopter gunship and ground attack aircraft airstrikes on the Chechen positions.^[3]

By 22 December 1994, Dolinskoye continued to hold out against Russian fire.^[4] The Russians lost 21 soldiers killed in the initial attack and admitted losing up to 200 men in the overall battle, according to the Chechen commander Hussein Ikshanov.^[5]

• Scrambling for cover as gunfire fills the sky, The Guardian, December 13, 1994

43°28′N 43°34′E / 43.467°N 43.567°E / 43.467; 43.567

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