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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Grozny University

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Dadashev, a professor of physics on the shattered campus of Grozny University, conducts a tour of the war-torn campus in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Guerilla War

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about Chechen rebels who have turned to guerilla warfare in order to combat Russian military forces.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pankisi Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pifer Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven Pifer discusses the United States' stance toward the Russian/Chechen conflict in this video from Wide Angle.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Refugee Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video segment, meet 16-year-old Rajap, a Chechen refugee who attempts to continue his education while living in a tent city.
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CNN

Cnn: Timeline: Russia Terror Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
From CNN, this site tracks the terrorism that is proported to be due to Chechen rebel separatists. Article begins with the June 1995 seize of hostages in a hospital in southern Russia and goes on to relate other major terrorism attacks....
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Human Rights Watch

Who's Afraid of Vladimir Putin?

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing President Putin's actions in Chechnya and the rest of the world's reaction to it. Very critical of the conflict in Chechnya. (26 September 2003)
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The Guardian

Guardian: Candid Putin Offers Praise and Blame

For Students 9th - 10th
This archive article reports on an extraordinary three and a half hours of questions and answers with Russian president Putin on Chechnya and the 2004 Beslan massacre.