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Chechnya

Republic

Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus, bordered within Russia by Dagestan, Stavropol Krai, Ingushetia and North Ossetia and by Georgia to the south along the Caucasus Mountains. Its capital is Grozny, and the republic fought two wars of secession from Russia in the 1990s and 2000s before coming under the rule of the Kadyrov family.

Facts
Population
1,492,992 1
Area (sq km)
16,165 2
Admission Year
1993 3
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Adjacent To

Dagestan, States or Territories

Associated With

Russia, Countries
Sources
1. Chechnya (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 1,492,992 (2021)
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2. Chechnya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_km2
    16,165
  • Part Of: Russia, Lead paragraph
    Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia.
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3. Wikidata: Chechnya
Wikidata Q5187, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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