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They are the largest ethnic group in the region [23] and refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced [no̞xtʃʼiː]; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhche). [24] [25] The vast majority of Chechens are Muslims [26] and live in Chechnya, an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation.
The First Chechen War, ... Ethnic group 1926 Census 1939 Census 2 ... Chechen and Ingush people were deported to Central Asia in 1944.
In 1944, the NKVD deported the entire Chechen populace that surrounded the Mountain Jews in Chechnya, and moved other ethnic groups into their homes; Mountain Jews mostly refused to take the homes of deported Chechens [33] while there are some reports of deported Chechens entrusting their homes to Jews in order to keep them safe. [34]
In the later stages of the First Chechen War, a large exodus of non-Vainakhs occurred. [156] In the case of the originally 200,000 strong Russian minority, this is usually cited as a result of growing anti-ethnic-Russian sentiment among the Vainakh populace, which had been suppressed during the rule of Dudayev, who in some cases supported Russia.
In terms of Asian people, there is an abundance of ethnic groups in Asia, with adaptations to the climate zones of the continent, which include arctic, subarctic, temperate, subtropical or tropical, as well as extensive desert regions in Central and Western Asia. The ethnic groups have adapted to mountains, deserts, grasslands, and forests ...
According to official Soviet reports, 608,749 Chechen, Ingush, Karachay and Balkars were registered in exile in Central Asia by 1948. The NKVD gives the statistic of 144,704 people who died in 1944–48 alone: a death rate of 23.7% per all these groups. [59] 101,036 Chechens, Ingush and Balkars died in Kazakhstan and 16,052 in Uzbekistan. [78]
Chechen people - People from Chechnya or people of Chechen ethnicity. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. ...
The Chechen diaspora (Chechen: Нохчийн диаспора, romanized: Noxçiyn diaspora) is a term used to collectively describe the communities of Chechen people who live outside of Chechnya; this includes Chechens who live in other parts of Russia.