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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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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

And in Ingushetia, a Russian Army officer said he was trying to avoid going to Ukraine.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Her body was recovered in the neighbouring region of Ingushetia.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2021

All were ethnic Chechens; two were arrested in Moscow, and three in Ingushetia, a small republic bordering Chechnya.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016

I geo-name-dropped that I'd been to Chechnya: quick as a flash she was chatting about its neighbours, Dagestan and Ingushetia.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2016

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