Chechnya

The establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922 helped to reduce the role of Islam in Chechnya by forcing adaptations to Soviet centralization. During World War II, a large number of Chechens were deported, further fragmenting the Chechen population, culture, and religion and reducing Islam’s role in the rise of the 1994 conflict as religion was a less central focus in Chechen lives due to their effective refugee status following deportation. Instead, Islam was pushed to the background as distinctly Chechen traditions gained precedence in this time of confusion, death, and separation of Chechen tribes. Thus, although Islam did play a role in Chechen culture and society, it had lost enough power in Chechen society that to consider it a significant…

relatively small area within Russia, Chechnya lies in the southernmost part of Eastern Europe within the North Caucasus, a region with a variety of nationalities and languages that has repeatedly voiced discontent with central governments in Moscow. Given the low number of Russians in the region (less than 2% in the 2010 census), high opposition to federal rule, and rise of Islamic radicalism within the republic, it is puzzling as to why Russia has had extensive military intervention in Chechnya…

Yeltsin’s and Dudayev’s sides contributed to the occurrence of war in Chechnya in 1994. Yeltsin felt increasing threatened by the security problem that Chechnya became for its neighbors. Banditry in Chechnya became a virtually legal form of income and a matter of civic pride. Although Dudayev was the leader of Chechnya, he could not prevent the cross-border raids, which left ethnic Russians and Chechens vulnerable to intimidation. Ruslan Khasbulatov’s increasing popularity as a powerful…

The Tsarnaev brothers identified as Chechen, but had been living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dzhokhar came to the country from Kyrgyzstan in 2002 and Tamerlan came in 2003 from Kazakhstan, so the brothers had been US residents for 10 years at the time of the bombings. President Barack Obama captured the confusion of American citizens by saying, “Why did men who grew up and studied here, as a part of our communities and our country, resort to such violence.” The question of whether this was…

nominally democratic government of today resolutely call for Chechnya to be Russian territory. Consistency in the policy of Russian hegemony from these varying governmental structures shows the importance and reasoning in pouring vast amounts…

nation’s economy to suffer due to the huge military expenses. Many countries provided financial aid military weapons. The Chechnya Conflict The Chechen-Russian Conflict is an ongoing militant conflict between Russia (Soviet Union) the Chechen Republic started in 1785. The conflict had started through numerous outbreaks of conflicts, because of the Russian presence and activities in this regions. Russia has had high interest in the Chechen region due to it lying on the important…

1. What is the demography of the language? The Chechen language, or Tsjetsjeens, is a branch of Vainakh of the Northeast Caucasian language family (Nakh-Daghestanian) and has an approximate number of 1.2 – 1.5 million speakers. According to Thompson (2013), the language can be found in the Republic of Chechnya (Russia), Dagestan, Georgia, and can also be found in Central Asian countries like Turkey and Jordan as a result of the Chechen diaspora. 2. What historical events led to the physical…

diverse, accepting free United States. However, this has not come without difficulties and conflicts. There is conflict and disagreements all over the world. Conflicts around the globe include religious, economic, political, struggles for independence and even battles over resources. Here we will look at the similarities and differences that occur in Xinjiang, Chechnya and Quebec as they struggle over religious, political and economic issues In Chechnya religious unrest exist between the…

In conclusion, there are many lessons to be learned from both side of this battle. In order for a quick victory, attacking units should have a 3:1-4:1 ratio depending on the mission and enemy capabilities. It appears they Russian forces were far overestimated and the Chechen forces were far underestimated. The Russians should have supplied 50,000-60,000 troops. Since the city was not completely sealed off, Chechens were able to send resupply and reinforcements from the south where there was a…

Chechnya, a small republic tucked away in the south of the Russian Federation, has been out of the international spotlight for the last several years. After the extreme violence experienced during the two Russo-Chechen wars in the 1990s and early 2000s, recent news of increased stability in the North Caucasus are quite welcome. Ethnic conflict in Chechnya goes back much longer than the start of the first Russo-Chechen war in 1994, and tensions in the region were not soothed when the second war…