Chechen
Americannoun
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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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"It was the same with the soldiers of the first and second Chechen wars," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 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
Ramzan Kadyrov is sensitive to people criticising Chechnya from abroad, says Michael Dennis, an expert on Chechen politics at the University of Texas.
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
On the low bank, a little to one side, could be seen the flat-roofed clay houses and the funnel-shaped chimneys of a Chechen village.
From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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
Other volunteers come from the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as from ethnic minorities that have large populations in Russia: Chechens, Tatars and Turkic-speaking groups.
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
"We are one family with Buryats, Chechens and other representatives of our multinational and multi-confessional country," Ms Zakharova later wrote on Telegram.
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 Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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