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Finally, it argued that Chechnya was a major hub in the oil infrastructure of Russia and hence its secession would hurt the country's economy and energy access. [ citation needed ] During the Chechen Revolution , the Soviet Chechen leader Doku Zavgayev was overthrown and Dzhokhar Dudayev seized power.
During the First Chechen War, Grozny was the site of an intense battle lasting from December 1994 to February 1995 and ultimately ending with the capture of the city by the Russian military. Intense fighting and carpet bombing carried out by the Russian Air Force destroyed much of the city.
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (/ ɪ tʃ ˈ k ɛr i ə / itch-KERR-ee-ə; Chechen: Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, romanized: Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; Russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия, romanized: Chechenskaya Respublika Ichkeriya; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI"), known simply as Ichkeria, and also known as Chechnya, was a de facto state that ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on es.wikipedia.org Chechenia; Usuario:Valfch/Taller; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org چچن; Usage on fi.wikipedia.org
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Tsjetsjnië; Usage on am.wikipedia.org ቸችኒያ; Usage on az.wikipedia.org
While Chechnya, a conservative Muslim-majority republic in the North Caucasus, has remained part of Russia after it waged two brutal wars for independence in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it has ...
(Reuters) -A local Ukrainian official on Monday denied a claim by the leader of Russia's Chechnya region that Russian forces led by a Chechen-based special forces unit had seized control of a ...
Map of Russia with Chechnya highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in Chechnya.Chechnya (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ tʃ n i ə /; Russian: Чечня́, romanized: Chechnyá, IPA: [tɕɪˈtɕnʲa]; Chechen: Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ tʃ ɪ n /; Russian: Чече́нская Респу́блика, romanized: Chechénskaya Respúblika, IPA ...