Changing Chechnya

{{Infobox Russian federal subject

|en_name=Chechen Republic

|ru_name=Чеченская Республика

|loc_name1=Нохчийн Республика

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|image_flag=Flag of Chechen Republic since 2004.svg

|flag_caption=[[Flag of Chechnya|Flag]]

|image_coa=Coat of Arms of Chechnya (2020-).svg

|coa_caption=[[Coat of arms of the Chechen Republic|Coat of arms]]

|anthem=''[[Shatlak's Song]]''

|anthem_ref=<ref name="Anthem">Decree #164</ref><br />[[File:Гимн Чеченской Республики.ogg|center]]

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|political_status_link=Republics of Russia

|federal_district=[[North Caucasian Federal District|North Caucasian]]

|economic_region=[[North Caucasus economic region|North Caucasus]]

|adm_ctr_type=Capital

|adm_ctr_name=[[Grozny]]

|adm_ctr_name_ref=<ref name="Capital">Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article&nbsp;59.5</ref>

|official_lang_list=[[Chechen language|Chechen]]

|official_lang_ref=<ref name="Languages">Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article&nbsp;10.1</ref>

|pop_2016census=1395678

|pop_2016census_rank=39th

|urban_pop_2010census=32.1%

|rural_pop_2016census=62.7%

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|pop_latest=1395678

|pop_latest_date=January 2016

|pop_latest_ref=<ref name="2014Est">Chechen Republic Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service|Federal State Statistics Service]]. {{cite web |url= http://chechenstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chechenstat/resources/26529380428aaf3b94cedc2d59c15b71/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2014+%D0%B3..pdf |script-title= ru:Численность населения Чеченской Республики на 1 января 2014 года |language= ru |access-date= March 18, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171011200545/http://chechenstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chechenstat/resources/26529380428aaf3b94cedc2d59c15b71/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2014+%D0%B3..pdf |archive-date= October 11, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

|area_km2=17300

|area_km2_rank=76th

|established_date=January&nbsp;10, 1993

|established_date_ref=<ref name="Established">Law #4071-1</ref>

|license_plates=95

|ISO=RU-CE

|gov_as_of=November 2012

|leader_title=[[Head of the Chechen Republic|Head]]

|leader_title_ref=<ref name="HeadLegis">Constitution, Article&nbsp;5.1</ref>

|leader_name=[[Ramzan Kadyrov]]

|leader_name_ref=<ref name="Head">Official website of the Chechen Republic. [http://chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?r=2 Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811090508/http://chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?r=2 |date=August 11, 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

|legislature=[[Parliament of the Chechen Republic|Parliament]]

|legislature_ref=<ref name="HeadLegis" />

|website={{URL|http://chechnya.gov.ru}}

|website_ref=

|date=January 2015

}}

'''Chechnya''' ({{lang-ru|Чечня́|Chechnya}}; {{lang-ce|Нохчийчоь|Noxçiyçö}}), officially the '''Chechen Republic''' ({{lang-ru|Чече́нская Респу́блика|Chechenskaya Respublika}}; {{lang-ce|Нохчийн Республика|Noxçiyn Respublika}}), is a [[Federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] in [[Russia]]. It is located in the [[Caucasus]] region of [[Western Asia]]. The capital is [[Grozny]].

Most people in Chechnya are [[Islam|Muslims]] and are of ancient [[Hurrians|Hurrian]] roots who spoke a [[Caucasian languages|Caucasian language]]. Most Chechens belong to the [[Shafi`i]] school of [[Sunni]] Islam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gwu.edu/|title=The George Washington University - Washington, D.C.|website=www.gwu.edu}}</ref>

Chechens speak their own language, not related to the [[Russian language]]. The [[Chechen language]] is part of the [[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]], or ''Vainakh'', family, while Russian is a [[Slavic languages|Slavic language]].<ref name="kaukhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~wschulze/kaukhist.pdf|title=Zur Sprachgeschichte des Kaukasus (On the language history of the Caucasus), page 23.|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slavic-languages |title=Slavic languages |publisher=[[Britannica]] |accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref>

During [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] control, Chechnya was unified with [[Ingushetia]].<ref name="britannica">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Chechnya#toc283782 |title=Chechnya |publisher=[[Britannica]] |accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref> After the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet Union]], Chechnya broke away from Ingushetia to form its own republic.<ref name="britannica" /> The Chechens wanted [[independence]]. After the [[First Chechen War]], Chechnya was [[de facto]] independent as the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]. After the [[Second Chechen War]], Russia regained control of Chechnya.

The current leader of the Chechen Republic is [[Ramzan Kadyrov]].<ref name="britannica" /> He is also the son of the 1st Chechen President, [[Akhmad Kadyrov]].

== References ==

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== Other websites ==

* [http://chechnya.gov.ru/ Official site of the Republic of Chechnya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030807164429/http://chechnya.gov.ru/ |date=2003-08-07 }} {{in lang|ru}}

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