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The most recent study on Chechens, by Balanovsky et al. in 2011, [94] sampled a total of 330 Chechens from three sample locations (one in Malgobek, one in Achkhoy-Martan, and one from two sites in Dagestan) and found the following frequencies: A weak majority of Chechens belong to Haplogroup J2 (56.7% [94]), which is associated with ...
The First Chechen War began on 11 December 1994, with the Russian military launching an assault on Grozny, capital of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Despite early diplomatic support from the United States and the European Union, Russia's position was undermined by war crimes committed in Chechnya, and both governmental and popular attitudes gradually shifted against Russia. Chechnya also ...
The Chechen–Kazikumukh war, also known as Chechen reconquista or Z'okk-K'ant's campaign against the Kazikumukhs, was a war between Chechens and the Laks of Gazikumukh Shamkhalate, the Kabardians and the Kalmyks in the 16th century. The war began as a result of Chechens from Nashkh region resettling around the Kazikumukh controlled area of T ...
In 1941, during World War II, a small-scale Chechen revolt broke out, led by Hasan Israilov. In 1944, the entire Chechen people were deported to the Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR in an act of ethnic cleansing; this was done under the false pretext of Chechen mass collaboration with Nazi Germany. An estimated 1/4 to 1/3 of the Chechen population ...
By 1959, Chechens and Ingush already comprised 41% of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. [103] 58.2% of Chechens and 45.3% of Ingushetians returned to their native lands by that year. [105] By 1970, this peaked with 83.0% of all Chechens and 72.1% of all Ingush being registered in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.
The protracted war in Chechnya, especially many reports of extreme violence against civilians, ignited fear and contempt of Russia among other ethnic groups in the federation. One of the most notable war crimes committed by the Russian army is the Samashki massacre, in which it is estimated that up to 300 civilians died during the attack. [69]
Exact statistics are difficult to obtain because Chechens are categorized as Russians in asylee reports. The estimated 150 Chechen families live mainly in Paterson, New Jersey, and form part of the larger North Caucasian community there. Other most significant Chechen communities are in Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles ...
Chechnya: A Small Victorious War. ISBN 0-330-35075-7; Gall, Carlotta, and de Waal, Thomas Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus. ISBN 0-8147-3132-5. Goltz, Thomas. Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya. M E Sharpe (2003). ISBN 0-312-268-74-2. Hasanov, Zaur. The Man of the Mountains. ISBN 099304445X. Fact ...