On this day, 29 years ago, August 31, 1996 (July 18, 1996 in the lunar calendar), the Chechen Peace Agreement was signed. Chechen rebels In 1991, the Chechen Republic in the northern Caucasus of southern Russia declared its independence and was declared illegal by the Russian central government. In mid-1994, the Russian central government supported the Chechen opposition in launching an armed attack on Dudayev. On December 11, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Russian Defense Forces and Internal Affairs Forces attacked Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, causing the war in Chechnya to burn brightly. On August 31, 1996, with the efforts of the Russian Security Council Secretary Lebed, Russia and the Chechen rebels signed the "Hasavyurt Peace Agreement". The 20-month-long war finally dissipated. Chechen rebel leader General Dudayev Alexandre Lebed has his legs blown off, a Chechen boy and his grieving mother Two Chechen illegal militants have been captured in Grozny