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Chechens

The Chechens, historically also known as Kisti and Durdzuks, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus. They are the largest ethnic group in the region and refer to themselves as Nokhchiy. The vast majority of Chechens are Muslims and live in Chechnya, an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation.

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Astrakhan Oblast
6,873
Azerbaijan
5,300
Chechnya
1,456,792
Dagestan
99,320
Egypt
5,000
European Union
130,000

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related to Sources · 64
Chechens → Amjad, Bruno, CA, Cambridge University Press, Chechen Culture, Chechen Republic, Co, Contemporary Religious Life, Die Tschetschenen, Dunlop, Empire, Filatov, Forschungen, Friedrichsen, From Historical Roots, Geographischen Instituts, German, Grund, Gruyter, Hamburg
related to Early modern period · 57
Chechens → Afsharids, Aldaman Gheza, Alliances, Angered, Armenia, As Russia, Avar Khanate, Azerbaijan, Battle, Caspian Sea, Caucasian, Caucasian War, Caucasus, Chechen, Chechnya, Dagestani, During, Eastern Georgia, General Yermolov, Gheza
related to Religion · 33
Chechens → At, By, Caucasus Emirate, Chechen, Chechen Republic, Chechnya, Dagestan, Hanafi, Ingushetia, Islam, Islamic, Islamization, Moscow-backed, Most, Muslim, Muslims, Naqshbandiyya, North Caucasus, Pan-Islamism, Qadiriyya
related to Geography and diaspora · 26
Chechens → Arab, Aukh, Caucasus War, Chechen, Chechen Wars, Chechnya, Dagestan, European Union, Ingushetia, Iraq, Jordan, Joseph Stalin, Kazakhstan, Lavrentiy Beria, Moscow, Ottoman Empire, Outside Russia, Russia, Russian Empire, Tens
related to Nokhchiy · 26
Chechens → Although Chechan, Arabic, Armenian, Ashkharhatsuyts, Avars, Chechen, Chechnya, Georgian Patriarch Cyril Donauri, Iaxamatae, Kağızman, Nakhchamatyan, Nakhche, Nakhchivan, Nakhchiy, Nakhchmatyan, Nakhchuvan, Nokhchiy, Northeast Caucasian, People, Ptolemy's Geography
related to Antiquity · 24
Chechens → According, Among, Ancestors, BC, Caucas, Central Caucasus, Chechen, Chechnya, Durdzuk, Durdzuks, Dzurdzuk, Dzurdzuketia, Georgian, Giorgi Melikishvili, Ingush, Itum-Kale, Kavkasos, Nakh, North Caucasus, Southern Caucasus
related to Medieval · 21
Chechens → According, Alan-Dzurdzuk, Alans, Carpine, Chechen, Chechnya, During, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Georgian, Giovanni, Islam, Khazars, Local, Middle Ages, Mongol, Mongols, Pian, Society, Tamerlane, The Mongol
related to Chechen · 19
Chechens → According, Chachana, Chechan, Chechan-are, Chechen, Chechency, Chechnya, Georgian, Greater Chechena, Its, Mother Checha, Nakh, Nana-Checha, Russian, Shikh Murza, The, These, Western European, Yokkh Chechen
related to Language · 18
Chechens → Arabic, At, Batsbi, Chechen, Georgia, Georgian, Ingush, Ingushetia, Latin, Literary Chechen, Most Chechens, Nakh, Northeast Caucasian, Other, Russian Cyrillic, The, Traditionally, Vainakh
related to Nineteenth and twentieth centuries · 17
Chechens → At, Caucasus, Chechen, In, Joseph Stalin, Kazakh, Kirghiz SSRs, Russian, Russian Civil War, Russian/Soviet, Russification, Since, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soviet Union's, Though, World War II

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chechen chechnya caucasus caucasian russian nakh ingush peoples north also century russia region language georgian teips according years one islam

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ChechensAstrakhan Oblast6,8731.00infobox
ChechensAzerbaijan5,3001.00infobox
ChechensChechnya1,456,7921.00infobox
ChechensDagestan99,3201.00infobox
ChechensEgypt5,0001.00infobox
ChechensEuropean Union130,0001.00infobox
ChechensFinland8911.00infobox
ChechensGeorgia5,829 (including Kists)1.00infobox
ChechensIngushetia12,2401.00infobox
ChechensIraq14,0001.00infobox
ChechensJordan12,000–30,0001.00infobox
ChechensKazakhstan33,5571.00infobox
ChechensKhanty-Mansia7,0851.00infobox
ChechensKyrgyzstan1,7091.00infobox
ChechensLatvia136–1891.00infobox
ChechensMoscow Oblast11,4911.00infobox
ChechensNorway10,0001.00infobox
ChechensRostov Oblast14,3161.00infobox
ChechensRussia1,674,8541.00infobox
ChechensSaratov Oblast5,7481.00infobox
ChechensStavropol Krai13,7791.00infobox
ChechensSyria6,000–35,0001.00infobox
ChechensTurkey100,0001.00infobox
ChechensUkraine2,8771.00infobox
ChechensUnited Arab Emirates2,000–3,0001.00infobox
ChechensUnited States250–1,000[b]1.00infobox
ChechensVolgograd Oblast8,0381.00infobox

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