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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 ...
The First Chechen War, during which Russian forces attempted to regain control over Chechnya, took place from 1994 to 1996. Despite overwhelming numerical superiority in troops, weaponry, and air support , the Russian forces were unable to establish effective permanent control over the mountainous area due to numerous successful full-scale ...
Location 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
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Chechnya" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Chechen-Aul [a] is a rural locality (a selo) in Argun urban okrug of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia, located on the left bank of the Argun River near Grozny. Until 1 January 2020, the village was part of the Groznensky District as part of the Chechen-Aul rural settlement. [5]
It is located in the southern part of the republic, on the right bank of the Argun River, in the Argun Gorge. Grozny is 57 km away. The nearest settlements: in the north-west - the villages of Hakkoy, Syuzhi and Great Varanda; in the northeast - the village of Zones; in the southeast, the villages of Bekum-Kale and Pamyat; in the south, the villages of Varda and Gush-Kurt; in the south-west is ...
The villages and towns named Chechan were always situated in the Chechan-are ("Chechen flatlands or plains") located in contemporary central Chechnya. [29] [30] The name "Chechens" is an exoethnonym that entered the Georgian and Western European ethnonymic tradition through the Russian language in the 18th century. [31]
The main federal military base in Chechnya was located in the area of Grozny air base. [ citation needed ] Chechen guerrilla units operating from nearby mountains managed to harass and demoralize the Russian Army by means of guerilla tactics and raids, such as the attack on Grozny in March 1996, which added to political and public pressure for ...