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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chechnya</span> First-level administrative division of Russia

Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akhmed Zakayev</span> Prime Minister of Ichkeria

Akhmed Halidovich Zakayev is a Chechen statesman, political and military figure of the unrecognised Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). Having previously been a Deputy Prime Minister, he now serves as Prime Minister of the ChRI government-in-exile. He was also the Foreign Minister of the Ichkerian government, appointed by Aslan Maskhadov shortly after his 1997 election, and again in 2006 by Abdul Halim Sadulayev. An active participant in the Russian-Chechen wars, Zakayev took part in the battles for Grozny and the defense of Goyskoye, along with other military operations, as well as in high-level negotiations with the Russian side.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akhmad Kadyrov</span> Chechen militant; leader of Chechnya from 2000 to 2004

Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the President of the Chechen Republic from 5 October 2003, acting as head of administration since July 2000.

Ichkeria can refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flag of Chechnya</span> Flag of the Russian republic of Ichkeria

The flag of Chechnya is a rectangle with sides in the ratio 2:3 representing the Chechen Republic, a republic of Russia. The flag is composed of three horizontal bars of, from top to bottom: green, representing Islam; white; and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dzhokhar Dudayev</span> First President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Chechen politician, statesman and military leader of the 1990s Chechen Independence movement from Russia. He served as the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from 1991 until his assassination in 1996. Previously he had been a Major General of Aviation in the Soviet Armed Forces.

State Council may refer to:

CRI or CRi may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">President of Ichkeria</span> Head of government of the de facto Chechen state

The president of Ichkeria, formally the president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was the head of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from 1991 to 2007, the Islamic Republic that existed until the victory of the Russian Federation in the Second Chechen War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthem of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</span> 1992–2000 national anthem of the separatist state

"Death or Freedom" was the national anthem of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a former partially recognized separatist state in the North Caucasus from 1991 to 2000. The music was composed in 1992 by either Ali Dimayev or Umar Beksultanov, and the lyrics were written by Abuzar Aydamirov.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</span> Former unrecognized country (1991–2000)

The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, known simply as Ichkeria, and also known as Chechnya, was a de facto state that controlled most of the former Checheno-Ingush ASSR.

Nahar may refer to:

Movladi Saidarbievich Udugov is the former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI). As a Chechen propaganda chief, he was credited for the Chechens' victory on the information front during the First Chechen War.

"Shatlak's Song" is the national anthem of Chechnya, a republic of Russia. It was written by Akhmad Kadyrov and composed by Umar Beksultanov, and it was officially adopted in July 2010.

Dzhokhar may refer to:

Akbulatov is a family name of Turkic origin under the influence of Russian language, with the meaning "son of Akbulat": ak="white" + bulat="steel" + ov=a Slavic language possessive suffix.

Relations and contacts between Estonia and Ichkeria have historically been, and are, very friendly due to the two peoples having similar experiences and perceiving a common foe, be it Russian Empire, the Soviet Union or the modern Russian Federation. The Estonian people and the Chechen people, in addition to actively helping the others' covert activities against Moscow, have at various times borrowed tactics and ideologies from each other.

Dzhokhar is a male name Perso-Arabic origin, meaning "jewel". It is popular in Chechnya, Dagestan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. It is related to the following same-origin names:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ukrainian recognition of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</span> 2022 resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognising the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

The resolution on recognition of the state sovereignty of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was a bill proposed by Oleksiy Honcharenko and Musa Mahomedov in which the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, would have voted on the recognition of Chechnya's independence, in response to Russia's recognition of the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Separate Special Purpose Battalion</span> Anti-Russian Chechen volunteer unit

The Separate Special Purpose Battalion of the Ministry of Defense of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, also known as OBON, is a military commando formation of Chechen volunteers, functioning as part of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine. It is one of several Chechen armed volunteer formations on the side of Ukraine. It was created by Akhmed Zakayev on July 29, 2022, on the basis of a Chechen formation that has been fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.