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• resistance to Russian expansion
  • In Russia: The Russian Empire

    The Chechens, led by Shāmil, resisted Russian expeditions from 1834 until 1859, and the Circassians were not finally crushed until 1864. In the 1840s Russian rule was established over the pastoral peoples of Kazakhstan. In East Asia, Russian ships explored the lower course of the Amur…

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  • In Russia: The Stalin era (1928–53)

    …territorial base, such as the Chechen and Ingush, from 1944 onward. They were accused of collaborating with the Germans. The Volga Germans were deported in the autumn of 1941 lest they side with the advancing Wehrmacht. Altogether, more than 50 nationalities, embracing about 3.5 million people, were deported to various…

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demography of

• Chechnya
  • In Chechnya: People

    …main ethnic group is the Chechens, with minorities of Russians and Ingush. The Chechens and the Ingush are both Muslim and are two of the many Caucasian mountain peoples whose language belongs to the Nakh group. Fiercely independent, the Chechens and other Caucasian tribes mounted a prolonged resistance to Russian…

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• Ingushetia
  • In Ingushetiya

    …was later combined with the Chechen autonomous oblast, inhabited primarily by the Chechen mountain peoples, who are also Muslim and whose language is closely related to Ingush; the autonomous republic of Checheno-Ingushetia was established in 1936. During World War II Checheno-Ingushetia was abolished, and its ethnic inhabitants, who had been…

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• Jordan
  • In Jordan: Religion

    …along with the closely related Chechens (Shīshān)—a group numbering about 1,000, who are descendants of 19th-century immigrants from the Caucasus Mountains—make up the most important non-Arab minority.

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• Russia
  • In Russia: Ethnic groups and languages

    Bashkir, Chechens, and Armenians. The diversity of peoples is reflected in the 21 minority republics, 10 autonomous districts, and autonomous region contained within the Russian Federation. In most of these divisions, the eponymous nationality (which gives its name to the division) is outnumbered by Russians. Since…

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