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Chechens in the diaspora often speak the language of the country they live in (English, French, German, Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Turkish, etc.). The Nakh languages are a subgroup of Northeast Caucasian , and as such are related to Nakho-Dagestanian family, including the languages of the Avars , Dargins , Lezghins , Laks , Rutulians , etc.
The history of Chechnya may refer to the history of the Chechens, of their land Chechnya, or of the land of Ichkeria. Chechen society has traditionally been organized around many autonomous local clans, called taips. The traditional Chechen saying goes that the members of Chechen society, like its taips, are (ideally) "free and equal like wolves".
The North Caucasus Barrier: The Russian Advance Towards the Muslim World. ISBN 1-85065-069-1; Bird, Chris. To Catch a Tartar: Notes from the Caucasus. ISBN 0-7195-6506-5; Bornstein, Yvonne and Ribowsky, Mark. Eleven Days of Hell: My True Story of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic FBI & KGB Rescue. AuthorHouse, 2004. ISBN 1-4184-9302-3.
The first Chechen settlers arrived in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s. They are a small minority group with a population numbering only several hundred, as of 2013. Exact statistics are difficult to obtain because Chechens are categorized as Russians in asylee reports.
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 Soviet coup d'état attempt on 19 August 1991 became the spark for the so-called Chechen Revolution. [18] [23] On 21 August, the OKChN called for the overthrow of the Supreme Soviet of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. [18] [23] On 6 September 1991, OKChN squads seized the local KGB headquarters, and took over the building of the Supreme Soviet.
In the years following World War II, Turkey found itself in a unique geopolitical position, at the crossroads of numerous civilizations, many of them at odds: Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the ...
Rampant Islamic terrorism in Europe and the exclusive role of the Chechens on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, most notably Abu Omar al-Shishani, also put the Chechen separatist movement in jeopardy due to increasing anti-Islamic sentiment on the rise in Europe, even in some of the countries in Europe like Poland, who supported ...