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Ingushetia

American  
[ing-goo-shee-shuh, -tee-uh] / ˌɪŋ guˈʃi ʃə, -ti ə /

noun

  1. an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. 1,544 sq. mi. (4,000 sq. km). Magas.


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Authorities in the nearby Russian regions of Ingushetia and North Ossetia reported drone strikes on Wednesday morning.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2024

Court documents viewed by The Associated Press show the suspect, identified by prosecutors as Mohammed M., is from the Ingushetia region in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains, which neighbors Chechnya.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2023

The authorities in Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia have announced that they will form regiments made up entirely of men from the region, apparently in hopes that local nationalism would inspire more volunteers.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2022

He said much of the smuggling was done by rebel fighters from Chechnya and Ingushetia, in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, who ship the weapons back home.

From Reuters Jul. 25, 2016

His mother told me how her husband, her son’s father, died when the boy was nine, and how the family lived in refugee camps in Ingushetia during the two Chechen wars.

From The New Yorker Feb. 12, 2016

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