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Chechnya
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Chech·nya  (chchn-, chch-nyä)
A region of southwest Russia in the northern Caucasus bordering on Georgia. Conquered by Russia in the 19th century, it later formed part of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Chechnya declared its independence from the USSR in 1991. Russian troops invaded in late 1994, and fighting stopped in 1996 with the withdrawal of Russian troops, but it resumed in 1999.

Chechnyan (-n-n, -nyän) adj. & n.
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Noun1.Chechnya - an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
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Chechnya [tʃɪtʃˈnjɑː] NChechenia f

Chechnya [tʃɪˈtʃniə] Chechenia [tʃɪˈtʃɛniə] nTchétchénie f

Chechnya الشيشان Čečensko Tjetjenien Tschetschenien Τσετσενία Chechenia Tšetšenia Tchétchénie Čečnija Cecenia チェチェン共和国 체첸 공화국 Tsjetsjenië Tsjetsjenia Czeczenia Chechénia, Chechênia Чечня Tjetjenien ประเทศเชสเนีย Çeçenistan nước Chechnya 车臣


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Everywhere he sees Muslim communities persecuted, sometimes by Muslim regimes acting in the defence of civilisation not their own, in Kashgar, in Chechnia, in Serbia, in India, in Turkey, in Europe, in South East Asia and in the cities of the West.
He has taught the followers of armed extremist groups that have spread terror in the Punjab, the Middle East, Chechnia and Kashmir.
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