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Definition of Chechen Republic
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chechen Republic
Literary usage of Chechen Republic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"Background In September 1991, Chechnya proclaimed independence from Russia, and
adopted the full name Chechen Republic Ichkeria. On 11 December 1994, ..."
2. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"Some plants in the Chechen Republic have produced military materiel - the Krasny
Molot plant repaired tanks, the Anisimov and Lenin chemical ..."
3. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"While at one point officials had said that the Chechen Republic would be ready
to sign the Mine Ban Treaty immediately,1 with the ..."
4. Scientists, Engineers, and Track-Two Diplomacy: A Half-Century of U.S by Glenn E. Schweitzer (2004)
"... with organizational assistance from the Chechen-led Fund for Humanitarian
Assistance to the Chechen Republic, attracted 12 educators from Chechnya, ..."
5. "Welcome to Hell": Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya by Johanna Bjorken, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Peter Bouckaert (2000)
"See Memorial Human Rights Center, Conditions in Detention in Chechen Republic
Conflict Zone, Treatment of Detainees (Moscow, ..."
6. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"... Administration of Federal Executive Organs in the Chechen Republic”, would
enforce order through cooperation with and help from more ..."
7. Toward an Understanding of Russia: New European Perspectives by Janusz Bugajski, Marek Michalewski (2002)
"The most vivid example of this situation is the war in the Chechen Republic.
Thanks to the military operation in the Caucasus, a completely unknown person, ..."
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