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Dzhokhar Dudayev was assassinated in 1996. Dudayev was a Chechen nationalist leader who fought against Russian rule in Chechnya. He was elected president of Chechnya in 1991 and declared independence from Russia in 1993. Dudayev's forces fought against Russian forces in the First Chechen War from 1994 to 1996. Dudayev was killed in an airstrike by Russian forces in 1996.