Chechnya

Chech·nya

geographical name \chech-ˈnyä, ˈchech-nyə\\chi-ˈchen\

Definition of CHECHNYA

republic SE Russia in Europe on N slopes of Caucasus Mountains ∗ Grozny area 4750 square miles (12,302 square kilometers), pop 1,103,686

— Chechen adjective or noun

Variants of CHECHNYA

Chech·nya or Chech·e·nya or Chech·e·nia \chech-ˈnyä, ˈchech-nyə\ or Che·chen Republic \chi-ˈchen\

Rhymes with CHECHNYA

aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla

Chechnya

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Republic, southwestern Russia. Part of the Chechen-Ingush autonomous republic of the former U.S.S.R., it became a republic within Russia in 1992, as did Ingushetia. It is populated mainly by Chechens, a Muslim ethnolinguistic group. Chechnya's demand for independence from Russia in 1992 led to an invasion by Russian troops in 1994. Fighting led to severe devastation of the area, and a series of cease-fires were negotiated and violated. A provisional peace treaty was signed in May 1997. Russian troops withdrew but returned in 1999, and heavy fighting resumed. In 2003 a new constitution was approved that devolved greater powers to the Chechen government but kept the republic in the Russian Federation. In 2009 Russia announced the end of its counterinsurgency operations in Chechnya. The capital, Grozny, is an oil centre with pipelines to the Caspian and Black seas.