Chechen
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Chechens,
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Chechen
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a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
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the Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen.
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Investigators also found a document Ott had allegedly written after the 2019 murder of a Georgian man of Chechen origin in Berlin by an agent sent by Moscow.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Several have told the BBC how even before her murder they had steered clear of community events, avoided speaking Chechen in public and restricted their social media presence.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Still, he said he had no regrets about enlisting, and was fighting under a Muslim Chechen commander.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
She took part in the negotiations for Nord-Ost, the 2002 hostage crisis at a Moscow theatre, after the Chechen rebels specifically requested her.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
She pointed to her head and the palm of her hand, to indicate the shaved head of a Chechen.
From The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy, Count
His 1999-2009 war in Chechnya, though brutal, was waged within Russia and there was no prospect of outside intervention to help the Chechens.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
Chechens and Tatars were among many groups that were decimated by forcible deportations under Stalin in the 1940s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
The ethnic Chechens gathered near the Maljevac border crossing, in northwest Bosnia’s Krajina region include families with children.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Chechens, an ethnic group originating in Chechnya, in the south-west of Russia, are mostly Muslim.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2022
Each of the red-haired Chechens had been a man, and each one had his own individual expression.
From The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy, Count
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