An iconic place. During the assault on Grozny, fierce fighting broke out here. The palace changed hands several times. It was badly damaged, and in 1996 the decision was made to demolish the remains of the building. Now on the square there is a monument to police officers who died in the fight against terrorists.
On the other side of the avenue is the Heart of Chechnya mosque, which we
There is a square around the memorial, in which there are marble slabs with statements by Kadyrov, Putin and Medvedev
In the center of the memorial there is a black stone weighing 70 tons, on which Kadyrov’s words are carved: “Let justice prevail.” Around it there are several stone slabs with the names of the fallen employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Old tombstones and gravestones. They were found after the war in different regions of the republic and brought to one place.
This place impressed me. I came to the memorial several times.
Grozny City. There is no observation deck there, but there is a restaurant in one of the buildings under the dome. I went there to drink coffee and enjoy the views. Stop by tomorrow and I'll show you some photos. The banner with hearts is a protest against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. There are many similar posters hung around the city. Many people even print out flyers and place them under the rear window of their car.
Now let's move to the very beginning of the avenue. This monument was erected on Peoples' Friendship Square. The grand opening took place in 1973. Chechen Aslanbek Sheripov, Ingush Gapur Akhriev and Russian Nikolai Gikalo symbolized the brotherhood of Chechnya, Igushetia and Russia.
While I was preparing the post, I read the following details: on the square during the war there was a market for... I don’t know what to call it... slaves or something. They sold prisoners: soldiers, their mothers who came for their sons, Russians who lived in Chechnya. The most expensive hostages were businessmen and journalists. In this photo, Mayakovsky Square is visible behind the monument. There is another one in the opposite direction - the journalists' park.
Monument to journalists who died for freedom of speech. Initially, there was a monument to fighters for Soviet power, erected in 1973. Since 2007, the memorial has received a new meaning. The inscription reads: “To the journalists who died for freedom of speech.” Nearby in the Chechen language “Shain metta daha ash ditina dosh...” Translation: “Instead of you, your words remain.”
The journalists' square leads to the very House of the Press, which became famous on December 4, 2014. The only thing I don’t understand is, do the numbers on the flowerbed calendar really change every day?
The renovated House of Printing, which was subject to an armed attack by militants. If you remember, they held the defense there for several hours. During the assault, heavy weapons were used, the terrorists were killed, and the building was heavily damaged by fire. The House of Printing was restored at an accelerated pace in three weeks! Kadyrov ordered it to be repaired by the New Year. That's what you want, do it. We made it.
Another newly built facility in Grozny is the Colosseum sports arena. The complex has a capacity of 5,000 people. It opened just last year. Spectacular professional fights take place there, and the Colosseum can also be used as a venue for variety and circus performances. There is also a Soviet-built stadium nearby.
I read this "forum". A long time ago true.
Rokhlin explained everything quite clearly. Rokhlin was 101% right. He had a certain contingent that performed a specific task. He led the troops correctly and competently. He brought his troops to the required line according to all the rules, competently, placing troops in the right places. He, according to him, had about 400 personnel left at the forefront. He could not immediately transfer them to the aid of the 74th brigade. Drive equipment there without cover? Well, she would have fallen into the same trap that all the other smart guys fell into. Besides, if he had tried to do this, he would have failed the task assigned to him. And the general, unlike this parasite, must understand that he and his troops are part of the overall plan. At the level of military tactics, it is forbidden to think in terms of emotions. You are part of the General Staff's plan. You are a bolt, a fragment of a mechanism. You have a task. Shit yourself, but do it! It all looks beautiful in books and movies - the rescue of Private Rhine... Military tactics and military control - if it is said that the horse must advance to D8, then it must advance to D8. And if an elephant dies nearby, then no matter how well he treats him personally, the horse must fulfill its task.135. V.N. Mironov ( [email protected] ) 2009/07/02 18:19
Rokhlina? At that time, he sent 74 separate motorized brigade brigade to die, and kept his own. That's why.
Good luck!
Glory134. Firsov ( [email protected] ) 2009/06/30 18:41
Savin is not to blame! And do not forget that the 131 brigade, or rather the 1st MSB and 2 MSB, were tasked with blocking the palace from the south and capturing the railway (which they did, except for the 2nd MSB - it was defeated while moving along Rabochaya Street) At the station another 1 SME 81 SME was only closer to Mayakovsky. So he drove past the palace without a fight. and the second SME of Samara even went to Lenin Square and the square in front of the palace, but the numerical advantage was on the side of the Chichas. Grachev said that tanks in the city were suicide, but 131 and 81 went into the city with bare armor - the officers, in my opinion, drove off after the landing. Who will set up guards and put up blocks? where is VV, where is the group “West”, where is “East”? Remember the map of Grozny! Along the way, the 131st Motorized Rifle Brigade from their point of entry into the city to the railway is a huge distance! And at the station itself there were 12 killed and many wounded. The heaviest losses were suffered by 2 MSB and 3 MSB in the city (Rabochaya, Ordzhonikidze, Komsomolskaya), and 1 MSB withdrew from the station at 17-18 pm on January 1 in different groups. During the withdrawal, Savin died (he was wounded on the day of the 31st at the station) I liked the book! Why don’t you like Rokhlin so much?
And if each figure begins to walk as it pleases, without any plan, then such a war will turn into a massacre doomed to defeat. It was bungling, disorganization, inability to set tasks and control troops that led that war to its sad celebrity.
Rokhlin was one of the few literate people in that war. And he clearly said: “Under the current conditions, I could not help.” And he's right. And he would have failed the task and killed his people.
By the way, from the forum it follows not only that the paymaster Mironov did not like Rokhlin (oh, what a bastard, only his own shores, but not strangers). From the forum it follows that the author was not under the command of Rokhlin. And since the operation to storm the Dudayev Palace was carried out by troops under the command of Rokhlin, then the author, by definition, could not participate in the assault. And therefore, he was not and could not be any eyewitness. And his “pig squeals” are nothing more than a figment of artistic imagination. It's funny to even discuss it.
After the higher headquarters managed to establish command and control of the troops on January 3, the battle tactics were changed (abandonment of the assault and transition to the classic scheme of street battles - “Stalingrad” tactics): the creation of strong points in multi-story buildings; conducting an offensive using small mobile assault groups; massive use of snipers and, most importantly, the effective use of artillery, the fire of which is adjusted directly by the units conducting street combat. When Chechen militants tried to surround and capture strongholds of federal troops, artillery batteries deployed in the suburbs began to methodically destroy the detected Chechen bandit groups.
Realizing the danger of losing key facilities in the city, Dudayev sent his best forces there - the “Abkhaz” and “Muslim” battalions, as well as a special forces brigade. Around the presidential palace there were continuous centers of resistance, hidden in permanent buildings. Positions were set up along the avenues and streets for direct fire from tanks and artillery.
Mercenary snipers were widely used. A network of underground city communications, well prepared for defense, allowed militants to freely maneuver and penetrate into the rear of federal troops. However, despite resistance, in the first half of January federal troops managed to advance deeper into Grozny.
Surroundings of the Presidential Palace
After the capture of the main post office, the last line of defense for the militants remained the city center and the presidential palace located there and the adjacent buildings of the regional committee and the Caucasus Hotel. On the night of January 17-18, the 68th separate reconnaissance battalion under the command of Captain Shadrin (future Hero of Russia, major general and chief of staff of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces in South Ossetia) made its way to the rear of the militants defending the regional committee building and the hotel. There the battalion was surrounded for two days until the main forces arrived, diverting the forces of the militants. On January 18, together with the approaching federal troops, the 68th reconnaissance battalion took part in the assault on the regional committee, and a little later on Dudayev’s presidential palace.
On the night of January 19, a group of 27 scouts led by battalion commander Shadrin, having captured the building of the local history museum, repelled 11 militant attacks, including hand-to-hand combat. The battalion, despite the losses it suffered, did not give up its positions and ensured the capture of the nearby Caucasus Hotel by the assaulting units.
From the description of the battle:
“Moving from building to building, the scouts of the 68th Orb took up positions in a building next to the Caucasus Hotel. They already had about forty wounded. Contact with them was lost. Rokhlin was exhausted: what happened? Where are they? He made noise, swore at everyone who came to hand. But the connection did not appear. He could not leave anyone else to carry out the task assigned to the scouts.<…>And soon the scouts showed up. It turned out that the battalion commander’s radio had run out of batteries.”
He brought up new forces to level the front line to Pobeda Avenue and, as a consequence of this, to take full control of the bridge across the Sunzha. The chief of staff of the 61st Marine Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Chernov, led the parachute company of the 876th separate air assault battalion to the area of the Council of Ministers, and “a little later he came to the frequency of the “Wizard” (A.V. Chernov) with a proposal to cease fire and conclude a truce to collect the bodies of the dead, provide assistance to the wounded and evacuate them.
It would be foolish to take such a step when there were only a few houses left before the exit to the palace, the tanks reached direct shot range, and for the first time in many days the weather was clear, which made it possible to use attack aircraft. Naturally, no one was going to give the militants a rest... Late in the evening, the special forces group, which worked together with the “Wizard” and “Monk” [commander of the 876 ODSB, senior lieutenant O. G. Dyachenko], received a new task from the command” (173 Special Forces left on vacation at the cannery).
Lieutenant General Lev Rokhlin recalls:
“When it came to the presidential palace, Maskhadov contacted me and said: “We can’t come to an agreement with the politicians, let’s come to an agreement with you as commander to commander: we need to cease fire and remove the corpses and wounded.” I answer him: “Come on.” He offers:
“Let’s wait until the deputies come up - yours and ours, the clergy...” “You yourself said that you can’t come to an agreement with politicians,” I answer, “let’s talk about something else: how many cars come out from your side and from mine, what areas of separation. You are taking out all yours and mine. Me too. And then we exchange everyone for everyone. Do we go out with weapons or without?” He replies: “It doesn’t suit me.” I continue: “But you understand that you are finished. As a commander, I say to the commander: Pravdy Street [probably Ordzhonikidze Avenue] I blocked you and my neighbor from the west. The Caucasus Hotel is blocked. I have the Council of Ministers. The bridge is blocked. 100 meters left. The neighbor from the south will block it, and you won’t leave. You don't have any ammunition." “I have everything,” he shouts. “But I hear your negotiations... Your affairs are bad.” He didn’t talk anymore.”
After the capture of these buildings, groups of 10-12 people were formed from each unit, which led them to the captured lines: motorized riflemen of the 276th motorized rifle regiment - to the local history museum, marines of the 876th airborne battalion - to a group of houses in front of the Caucasus hotel, paratroopers - to the Caucasus hotel "
On the morning of January 13, units of the 98th Airborne Division began an assault on the building of the former Council of Ministers of the Chisinau Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The battle for the building lasted several days and was extremely intense.
General Lev Rokhlin recalls:
“On the eve of the assault, the militants hung the corpses of our soldiers (probably executed prisoners?) in the windows of the Council of Ministers. It was hard to watch. But by that time, this was not the first time we had encountered the brutality of militants...
The battle was very difficult. Then the 33rd Regiment and the Marines of the Northern Fleet came to the rescue. The capture of the Council of Ministers practically predetermined the fate of the presidential palace. The thick walls of the Council of Ministers hung over the bridge along which help flowed to the palace. Therefore, at dawn, Dudayev’s artillery, mortars and tanks unleashed all their might on the Council of Ministers.”
The last groups of militants were driven out of the Council of Ministers building only in the morning of January 19. With the loss of the Council of Ministers, the fate of the Dudayev Presidential Palace was practically sealed.
Capture of the presidential palace
Even on the eve of the storming of the presidential palace, Rokhlin, answering a question from Izvestia correspondent Boris Vinogradov about whether the capture of the palace would have any military and political significance, replied that “this event should be regarded as an unconditional victory at one of the stages of the Chechen war, but by no means its end. It’s unlikely that the Dudayevites will lay down their arms..."
On the morning of January 19, fighters of the 68th separate reconnaissance battalion (the best vanguard unit of Lieutenant General L. Rokhlin), in cooperation with the 276th motorized rifle regiment of the 34th motorized rifle division of the Ural Military District, captured the presidential palace, destroying the two snipers remaining there. This became possible after the successful use of concrete-piercing high-explosive bombs, which penetrated all floors of the palace, including the basement. Dudayev, who was wounded in the arm, later in a video called it Russia's use of low-yield nuclear weapons.
Commander of a group of Marines Art. Warrant Officer Grigory Mikhailovich Zamyshlyak:
“On January 18, our bombers “hollowed” Dudayev’s palace. They threw 4 bombs. One went to ours. 8 people died. Everything collapsed at once. Although they say there was a command to take cover. We didn't hear. The radio operator was next to me. Most likely, the Dudayevites jammed communications.”
Radio interception data:
14:20 Cyclone [Maskhadov] - Panther: “They are hitting us with airplane bombs. They’re ripping through the building down to the basement.”
Panther: “We urgently need to withdraw troops beyond Sunzha. Otherwise they will bury you."
Cyclone: [Maskhadov]: “The second line of defense will be at Minutka. There are many wounded and killed in the palace. There is no time to deal with them. We need to get out in time. If it doesn’t work out now, you have to wait until dark and leave.”
15:30 Cyclone [Maskhadov]: “Everyone, everyone, everyone! In the dark, everyone should cross Sunzha. We’ll move to where the Pioneer store is, near the new hotel.”
Rokhlin tried to block the militants' escape. He set a task for the new commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Captain Roman Shadrin: to go out to Pobeda Avenue and try to connect with the paratroopers attacking from Rosa Luxemburg Street. Shadrin, together with a group of 60 scouts, went to Pobeda Avenue, but came under heavy fire. It was impossible to break through. The blocks between Victory Avenue and Rosa Luxemburg Street were firmly held by the militants.
Paratroopers from Ivan Babichev's group got bogged down in battle closer to the presidential palace. The quarters located slightly to the side continued to serve as a corridor for the retreat of those who defended the presidential palace. Moving from building to building, Shadrin’s scouts took up positions in a building next to the Caucasus Hotel. By this time they already had about forty wounded. Contact with them was lost. Intense fighting took place everywhere. The paratroopers also could not do anything. The militants firmly held the corridor between Pobeda Avenue and the street. Rose Luxemburg. As a result, Dudayev’s troops failed to block the retreat from the presidential palace.
Lieutenant General L. Ya. Rokhlin:
“There was actually no storming of the presidential palace. True, the command proposed to launch an air strike on it. I replied that aviation had already helped... Enough. Then they suggested smashing the palace with tanks. I asked how they imagine it: tanks hitting from all sides and hitting each other? They asked me: “What are you offering?” I answered: “Give it to me, I’ll take it my way.”
The chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel A.V. Chernov, formed a group of volunteers of 4 people: himself, 2 machine gunners and a shooter. A reconnaissance group of the 276th Motorized Rifle Regiment acted together with them, which included reconnaissance company commander Andrei Yurchenko, squad commander Sergeant Igor Smirnov and Private D. Knyazev.
At about 7 a.m. on January 19, the group began moving towards the presidential palace. It took almost an hour to cover the distance of eight hundred meters due to incessant cross-fire. At 8 am the group entered the presidential palace building. At 8:40, having been discovered after a clash with a group of militants inside the building, Chernov’s group left the presidential palace. At the same time, the Marines left the inscription “Marine Corps” on the walls of the palace. Satellite".
The reconnaissance company commander of the 276th Motorized Rifle Regiment decided not to leave the advantageous position until the main forces arrived. They could not report the situation due to lack of radio communication. Having returned to their original positions, the group of the 61st Marine Brigade of Lieutenant Colonel Chernov, reinforced by a detachment of the 3rd Airborne Assault Company, enters the building of the presidential palace for the second time for a more detailed examination. By this time, most of the militants defending the presidential palace had left the building at night, taking advantage of the darkness.
Lieutenant General L. Ya. Rokhlin recalls:
“The Tunguskas demolished several snipers who remained in it, and the units entered the building without a fight. There was only one problem: they lost the flag that was supposed to be hoisted over the palace. We searched for two hours..."
At about 3 p.m., a sufficient number of officers from the group’s command gathered in the area of the presidential palace. They brought the Russian flag. The right to hoist the Russian flag over Dudayev’s presidential palace was entrusted to the chief of staff of the 61st separate marine brigade, A.V. Chernov.
“The palace building, every window, every floor was methodically treated using all means of fire destruction. By order of Major General Otrakovsky, grenade launchers from all units of the Northern Fleet were gathered at the Caucasus Hotel. There were about twenty people there. Their task is to carry out a kind of preparation for the actions of the “banner group”. For quite some time, Marine grenades exploded in the building, ensuring the completion of the mission entrusted to the next group of Lieutenant Colonel Chernov.”
At 15:35, a banner group consisting of reconnaissance company commander Lieutenant Andrei Yurchenko, Art. Sergeant Igor Smirnov, Jr. Sergeant D. Ivanov, privates D. Knyazev and D. Shmakov entered the building of the presidential palace to hoist the Russian flag over it.
From the book by B.A. Shalyapin “True to the traditions of the Svirtsy!”: The flag over the building of the Council of Ministers in Grozny, on January 19, was hoisted by the medical instructor of the 217th RPD of the 98th Airborne Division (Ivanovo) Guard, Sergeant Vasily Ivanovich Palagin.
At about 12.00, the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Yu.V. Pshenov, arrived on the 3rd floor of the Council of Ministers and assigned the task to Lieutenant B.A. Shalyapin to hoist the State Flag of the Russian Federation over the main building of the Council of Ministers.
Acting Recalls commander of the 2nd company, Lieutenant B.A. Shalyapin:
“A group of soldiers climbed to the roof of the Council of Ministers under my leadership. One of the representatives of the new Chechen government who came was with us. The medical instructor of the combined battalion of the 217th RPD of the 98th Airborne Division, Vasily Palagin, sat on top of the wall of the building and began to move along it to the top point of the facade.
Having reached the top, he received the Russian tricolor from my hands and installed it above the building of the Council of Ministers.....
On the same day, the signs from the facade of the building were removed as a trophy."
Private Knyazev (from the banner group):
“It was scary when they broke into the building itself. After all, there are so many rooms, all sorts of nooks and crannies. You don’t know where danger awaits. And the broken stone underfoot creaks treacherously. Every step echoed like that. But we carried out the order...”
After the fall of the Dudayev presidential palace, the State Defense Committee of Chechnya decided to transfer its headquarters to a reserve point, and Lieutenant General A. Kvashnin reported to the Minister of Defense P. Grachev about the hoisting of the Russian flag over the presidential palace in Grozny.
Presidential Palace after the capture
On the same day, January 19, 1995, the Marines, together with sappers of the 276th Motorized Rifle Regiment, carried out a partial, superficial clearing and demining of part of the premises of the first floors of the building, which contained a lot of weapons and ammunition abandoned and stored by militants.
Since September 1995, this place has been used several times for protests. On February 4, 1996, a rally of independence supporters began on the square near the skeleton of the presidential palace, demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops. This time the confrontation dragged on for a week. On February 7-8, the meeting was blocked by Zavgaev police, trucks and armored personnel carriers, and clashes occurred.
On February 9, at around 12:00, three shots were fired from a grenade launcher at the protesters. Three people were killed and seven were injured. On February 10, the protesters dispersed. On February 15, by order of the President of the Chechen Republic D. Zavgaev, the skeleton of the Presidential Palace - a symbol of resistance for anti-Russian Chechens - was destroyed by explosions