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Chechnya


Breakaway part of the former Russian autonomous republic of Checheno-Ingush, on the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains; official name Noxcijn Republika Ickeriy from 1994; area 17,300 sq km/6,680 sq mi; population (1990 est) 1,290,000 (Chechen 90%). The capital is Grozny. Chief industries are oil extraction (at one of the largest Russian oilfields), engineering, chemicals, building materials, and timber. Most of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslim.

After decades of resistance, the region was conquered by Russia in 1859. It was an autonomous region of the USSR 1922–36 when it was joined to Ingushetia as the Autonomous Republic of Checheno-Ingush. Many Chechens were deported to Central Asia by Stalin in 1944 for alleged collaboration with the Germans. Since 1994, Chechnya has been in a state of war following its secession from the Russian Federation. The territory's declaration of independence did not receive international recognition.

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