Back Чечентәыла Abkhazian Republik Chechen ACE Tsjetsjnië Afrikaans ቸችኒያ Amharic Chechenia AN الشيشان Arabic الشيشان ARZ Chechenia AST ЧачаналӀ AV Çeçenistan Azerbaijani
Chechen Republic
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| Anthem: Шатлакхан Илли Şatlaqan İlli "Shatlak's Song"[1] | |
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| Coordinates: 43°24′N 45°43′E / 43.400°N 45.717°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | North Caucasian |
| Economic region | North Caucasus |
| Capital | Grozny[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliament of the Chechen Republic[3] |
| • Head[3] | Ramzan Kadyrov[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,165 km2 (6,241 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total |  1,510,824
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| • Rank | 31st |
| • Urban | 38.2% |
| • Rural | 61.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (MSK[6]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-CE |
| Vehicle registration | 95 |
| Official language(s) | Chechen[7] • Russian[8] |
| Website | chechnya |
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. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with Georgia to its south; with the Russian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia–Alania to its east, north, and west; and with Stavropol Krai to its northwest.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Checheno-Ingush ASSR split into two parts: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which declared independence, while the former sided with Russia.[9] Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained de facto independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although de jure it remained a part of Russia. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by the former Ichkerian Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov, and later his son Ramzan Kadyrov.
The republic covers an area of 17,300 square kilometres (6,700 square miles), with a population of over 1.5 million residents as of 2021[update].[5] It is home to the indigenous Chechens, part of the Nakh peoples, and of primarily Muslim faith. Grozny is the capital and largest city.
- ^ Decree #164
- ^ Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article 59.5
- ^ a b Constitution, Article 5.1
- ^ Official website of the Chechen Republic. Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article 10.1
- ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ^ Publications, Europa (21 August 2012). The Territories of the Russian Federation 2012. Routledge. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-135-09584-0.
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