The Chechens (/ˈtʃɛtʃɛnz, tʃəˈtʃɛnz/ CHETCH-enz, chə-CHENZ; Chechen: Нохчий, Noxçiy, Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy), historically also known as Kisti and...
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This is a partial list of notable Chechen people. Aguk Shagin, 8th-century Chechen commander from Aukh, participant in the Arab–Khazar wars on the side...
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Chechen volunteers on the side of Ukraine are armed Chechen volunteers and other formations fighting on the side of Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war...
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These are chiefly the ethnic Chechen (including the Chechen sub-ethnos, the Kists, in Georgia), Ingush and Bats peoples of the North Caucasus, including...
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The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against...
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the Chechens and Ingush (Chechen: До́хадар, Махках дахар, romanized: Doxadar, Maxkax daxar, Ingush: Мехках дахар), or Ardakhar Genocide (Chechen: Ардахар...
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The All-National Congress of the Chechen People (NCChP) of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria came to power on 1 November 1991 under president Dzhokhar...
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The Second Chechen War (Russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, Chechen: ШолгIа оьрсийн-нохчийн тӀом, lit. 'Second Russian-Chechen War') took place in Chechnya...
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Chechen Americans are Americans of Chechen descent. Chechen people have origins from Chechnya, a federal subject of Russia. The first Chechen settlers...
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The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (/ɪtʃˈkɛriə/ itch-KERR-ee-ə; Chechen: Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, romanized: Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; Russian: Чеченская...
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language spoken by approximately 1.8 million people, mostly in the Chechen Republic and by members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the rest of...
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Chechnya (redirect from Chechen Republic)
Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and...
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The Chechen genocide refers to the mass casualties carried out on the Chechen people during the various stages of the Russia–Chechnya conflict since the...
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The Chechen–Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov)...
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anti-Soviet and nationalist opposition led by All-National Congress of the Chechen People and its chairman Dzhokhar Dudayev. Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, who...
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Chechen diaspora (Chechen: Нохчийн диаспора, romanized: Noxçiyn diaspora) is a term used to collectively describe the communities of Chechen people who...
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Chechens in Turkey (Chechen: Туркойчура нохчий, romanized: Turkoyçura noxçiy; Turkish: Türkiye Çeçenleri) are Turkish citizens of Chechen descent and...
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on 1 November 1991, by the head of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People, Dzokhar Dudayev. On 7 September 1991, the NCChP National Guard seized...
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Chechens in France (Chechen: Пранцойчура нохчий, romanized Prancoyçura noxçiy; French: les Tchétchènes en France) belong to the Chechen diaspora. Chechen...
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Apti Alaudinov (category Russian people of Chechen descent)
He was born in a Chechen family. His father was an officer in the Soviet Army. During the Chechen civil war and the First Chechen War in the 1990s, Alaudinov...
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discrimination, and racism towards ethnic Chechens, the Chechen language, or the Chechen culture in general. Anti-Chechen sentiment has been historically strong...
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The Adat People's Movement (Russian: Народное движение «Адат», romanized: Narodnoye dvizheniye «Adat»; Chechen: «Ӏадат» халкъан болам) is a clandestine...
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Chechen cuisine is the traditional folk cuisine of the Chechen people, who dwell in the North Caucasus. The bases of Chechen cuisine are meat, leeks, cheese...
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Ramzan Kadyrov (category People of the Chechen wars)
Russian politician and current Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated with the Chechen independence movement, through his father who...
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Chechnya and Ingushetia in the Soviet Union (redirect from Chechen-Ingush ASSR)
the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, they were known as the Chechen Autonomous Oblast and the Ingush Autonomous Oblast, which were unified...
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Aslan Maskhadov (category People of the Chechen wars)
Масха́дов; Chechen: Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), romanized: Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician...
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Akhmad Kadyrov (category People of the Chechen wars)
Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched...
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nation. Characteristics of the wolf are also frequently compared to the Chechen people in a poetic or metaphoric sense, e.g. as being "free and equal like...
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Movladi Baisarov (category Assassinated Chechen people)
Movladi Baisarov (1966 – November 18, 2006) was a Chechen warlord and former Federal Security Service (FSB) special-task unit commander. Baisarov was...
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The coat of arms of the Chechen Republic is the official symbol of the Chechen Republic. Approved by acting President of Chechnya Sergey Abramov on 22...
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