Īccording to George Anchabadze of Ilia State University: Grozny is the capital and largest city.Īccording to Leonti Mroveli, the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, the word Caucasian is derived from the Nakh ancestor Kavkas. It is home to the indigenous Chechens, part of the Nakh peoples, and of primarily Muslim faith. The republic covers an area of 17,300 square kilometres (6,700 square miles), with a population of over 1.4 million residents as of 2020. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by Akhmad Kadyrov, and later his son Ramzan Kadyrov. Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained de facto independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although de jure it remained a part of Russia. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which sought independence. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south with the Russian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia-Alania to its east, north, and west and with Stavropol Krai to its northwest.Īfter the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Checheno-Ingush ASSR split into two parts: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. Chechnyá, IPA: Chechen: Нохчийчоь, romanized: Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia.
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