http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3046/laura-resnick Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:59:17 -0400 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:59:17 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1212/campaign-of-devastation-assessing-motives-for-the-russian-governments-1999-2000-destruction-of-chechnya By Laura Resnick - In 1999, the Russian government all but razed Chechnya’s capital city of Groznyy. The Russian military devastated Chechnya, killing thousands of civilians and wiping out vital infrastructure, signifying the capstone in a campaign of destruction inflicted on Chechnya to crush the burgeoning separatist movement. Government-rebel attacks like this one occur when governments seek to end insurgent campaigns by using force to kill rebels and destroy their base of support.1 The unusual paradox in the Russian-Chechen conflict was that the Russian government’s ultimate intent was to stop the... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1212/campaign-of-devastation-assessing-motives-for-the-russian-governments-1999-2000-destruction-of-chechnya