Chechnya - Wikipedia
WEBChechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Chechnya | History, Location, Religion, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 23, 2024 · Chechnya, republic in southwestern Russia, situated on the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range. It is bordered by Russia proper on the north, Dagestan republic on the east and southeast, the country of Georgia on the southwest, and Ingushetiya republic on the west.
Chechen–Russian conflict - Wikipedia
WEBThe Russian military established control over Chechnya in late April 2000, ending the major combat phase of the war, with insurgency and hostilities continuing for several years. [5] [6] [7] The end of the conflict was proclaimed in 2017, ending a centuries-old struggle.
Chechnya profile - BBC News
WEBChechnya profile. 28 August 2023. The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North Caucasus. After a decade of...
Russia's wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of what could be …
WEBMar 12, 2022 · Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did this twice — against fellow Russian citizens — in Chechnya in the 1990s. That raises the question of whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is ...
What to read to understand Chechnya - The Economist
WEBApr 16th 2024. F OR A SMALL territory of 1.5m people, Chechnya has played a big role in shaping modern Russia. The Chechen Wars of the 1990s and early 2000s were the only large conflicts, among ...
Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's brutal …
WEBApr 27, 2022 · Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's brutal ally in Ukraine Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has long been seen as a key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That commitment ...
Chechnya summary | Britannica
WEBChechnya , Republic, southwestern Russia. Part of the Chechen-Ingush autonomous republic of the former U.S.S.R., it became a republic within Russia in 1992, as did Ingushetia. It is populated mainly by Chechens, a Muslim ethnolinguistic group.
Chechnya, Russia and 20 years of conflict - Al Jazeera
WEBDec 11, 2014 · Moscow, Russia – Twenty years ago on Thursday, Moscow started what it thought would be a “blitzkrieg” against secular separatists in Chechnya, a tiny, oil-rich province in Russia’s North ...
Chechnya - Wikiwand
WEBThe republic covers an area of 17,300 square kilometres (6,700 square miles), with a population of over 1.5 million residents as of 2021. It is home to the indigenous Chechens, part of the Nakh peoples, and of primarily Muslim faith. Grozny is …
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