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Chechnya: Images of a Forgotten War

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Thomas Dworzak Chechen rebels take Grozny back from the Russian Army, the Russians leave and the Chechens celebrate independence.

Chechen fighters. Grozny. Chechnya. Russia. 08-09 1996 © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak A Chechen fighter shooting at a Russian position with the aim of hassling his enemies. In the mountains, near Shatoi. Chechnya. Russia. 07/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA - Chechnya -03 1996
Grozny
Chechnya under the Russian occupation.
Killing of a Russian FSB/former KGB aganet at the bazaar. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak An Elderly Chechen who had stepped on a mine whilst trying to flee the fighting. Grozny. Chechnya. Russia. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak The shrapnel splattered wall of the exhibition hall. Grozny. Russia. 07/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak A young Russian clergyman collecting bricks from the bombed Orthodox church. Grozny. Chechnya. Russia. 07/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Collecting bricks from the bombed National Museum. Grozny. Checknya. Russia. July 1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Chechen civilians fleeing the bombing of Grozny find themselves under attack from Russian mortar fire. Grozny. Chechnya. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA. Chechnya. 03/1996 near Gekhi-Tshu. Chechnya under the Russian occupation. Spot where D.Dudajev was alledgedely killed by a Russian grouhd-ground missile. Mourning Chechens. Camerawoman K (...)
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA - Chechnya -04-07 1996

near Itum-Kale

Chechnya under the Russian occupation.

Chechen fighters in the Mountains. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA. Chechnya. Grozny. 08-09 1996.

Chechen rebells take Grozny back from the Russian Army, the Russians leave and the Chechens celebrate independence.

Morgue. Looking for missing relatives. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Chechen rebells take Grozny back from the Russian Army, the Russians leave and the Chechens celebrate independence.

Chechen fighters roaming the streets. Grozny. Chechnya. 08-09 1996 © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA. Chechnya.

08/1996. Grozny. Bodies of Russian soldiers who had been executed by Chechen fighters. The fighters forced Russian civilians to bury them. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Chechen civilians fleeing the bombing of Grozny find themselves under attack from Russian mortar fire. RUSSIA. Grozny. Chechnya. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Chechen civilians at their bunker during a lull in the fighting. Grozny. Chechnya. Russia. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Remains of a Russian soldier killed when his Armoured Personnel Carrier was hit by Chechen fighters. Grozny. Chechnya. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Bodies of Russian soldiers who had been executed by Chechen fighters. "The Three Idiots" monument can be seen behind them. It commemorates the foundation of the Soviet Republic of Checheno-Ingushet (...)
Thomas Dworzak A Chechen fighter waves victoriously at departing Russian soldiers. Grozny. Chechnya. 08/1996. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Chechen rebells take Grozny back from the Russian Army, the Russians leave and the Chechens celebrate independence. Civilians fleeing through the burning oil-fields. Grozny. Chechnya. Russia. 08- (...)
Thomas Dworzak Near Goragorsk. Northern Chechnya. Chechen fighters praying during a nearby Russian air raid. Chechnya. Russia. 12/1994. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Civilians fleeing the fighting. Town of Grozny. Chechnya. 1995. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Mass grave of several hundred, mostly Russian, civilians killed during the Russian storm of Grozny. An elderly Russian woman. Town of Grozny. Chechnya. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak RUSSIA. Chechnya.

12/1994. Near Goragorsk. Northern Chechnya. Chechen fighters praying during a nearby Russian air raid. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Blockade for invading Russian Army. Urus-Martan region. Chechnya. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos