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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 ...
Chechnya: Number: 15 districts 6 cities/towns 4 urban-type settlements 217 rural administrations 360 rural localities: Populations (Districts and cities only): 3,094 (Sharoysky District) – 297,137 : Areas (Districts and cities only): 11 sq mi (28 km 2) – 1,200 sq mi (3,000 km 2) (Shelkovskoy District) Government
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. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by the former Ichkerian Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov ...
Grozny is known for its modern architecture and as a spa town and although nearly all the town was destroyed or seriously damaged during the Chechen Wars, it has since been entirely rebuilt. It is home to Chechen State University and FC Akhmat Grozny , which after a fifteen-year absence from its home town returned to Grozny in March 2008.
Satellite image of Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia, is on the left, the two Diomede Islands are in the middle, and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, is on the right. The Bering Strait is about 82 kilometers (51 mi) wide at its narrowest point, between Cape Dezhnev, Chukchi Peninsula, Russia, the easternmost point (169° 39' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, United ...
The Chukotka Mountains are located in the central/western part of the peninsula, which is bounded by the Chukchi Sea to the north, the Bering Sea to the south, and the Bering Strait to the east, where at its easternmost point it is only about 60 km (37 mi) from Seward Peninsula in Alaska; this is the smallest distance between the land masses of ...
During the 1930s the regional economy and industrial output grew as Chelyabinsk Oblast became a key focus of the First Five-Year Plan.Key factories and enterprises that formed the core of the modern Chelyabinsk economy, including the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, originated at this time.