Chechnya - Wikipedia
Chechnya, [a] officially the Chechen Republic, [b] is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Chechen–Russian conflict - Wikipedia
The Chechen–Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov) was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces.
Chechnya | History, Location, Religion, & Facts | Britannica
6 days ago · Chechnya, republic in southwestern Russia, situated on the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range. It is bordered by Russia proper on the north, Dagestan republic on the east and southeast, the country of Georgia on the southwest, and …
Chechnya profile - BBC News
Aug 28, 2023 · The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North Caucasus. After a decade of unsuccessfully fighting for independence, the...
Russia's wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of what could ...
Mar 12, 2022 · In Chechnya, a tiny Muslim republic in southern Russia with just 1.5 million people, resistance to Russian rule dates back at least two centuries. Rebels there began agitating for independence...
Inside the Chechen Units Helping to Fight Russia’s War
Jun 16, 2024 · A hulking military transport plane roared onto the tarmac at the main airfield in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic in southwestern Russia, and a group of 120 volunteer fighters...
Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's ...
Apr 27, 2022 · Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has long been seen as a key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That commitment has now extended to the war in Ukraine.
The War That Continues to Shape Russia, 25 Years Later
Dec 10, 2019 · Haunting images show how the first Chechen war humiliated post-Soviet Russia, exposed its weakness, strengthened hard-liners and enabled the rise of Vladimir V. Putin.
Meet the Chechen battalion joining Ukraine to fight Russia ...
Sep 5, 2022 · The Chechens say they are ready to fight Russian forces as well as against the other ethnic Chechen soldiers who have been sent to fight on behalf of Russia. The pro-Kyiv Chechen fighters...
Chechnya, Russia and 20 years of conflict - Al Jazeera
Dec 11, 2014 · When a series of explosions in apartment buildings in Moscow and two Russian towns killed more than 300 Russians, Moscow blamed Chechen rebels and embarked on an epic “anti-terrorist operation ...