Chechnya

For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place. While infamous for its turbulent past, little is known about the region's recent developments or about the stunning mountainous landscapes, picturesque lakes and friendly people that define this part of the Northern Caucasus.
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is the capital city of Chechnya. Since the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009, has undergone a renaissance in development, and many abandoned or low-quality apartments and houses have been demolished and replaced with newer re-built apartment buildings and suburbs.

Chechnya

  • Type: State with 1,510,000 residents
  • Description: federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia
  • Also known as: “Čečėnijos Respublika”, “Čečenskaja Respublika”, “Ĉeĉenujo”, “Čečna”, “Čečnia”, “Chechen Republic”, “Chechen-Ingush ASSR”, “Checheno-Ingushetia”, “Checheno-Ingushskaya ASSR”, “Checheno-Ingushskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika”, “Chechnia”, “Chechnya Republic”, “Csecsen Köztársaság”, “Nochčijn”, “Noxçiyçö”, “Noxçiyn Respublika”, “Repubblica Cecena”, “República de Txetxènia”, “Respublika Nochčijčė”, “Sheshenstan”, “Tshetshenia”, “Tsjetsjeense Republiek”, “Tsjetsjniese Republiek”, “Нохчийн Республика”, “Чеченская республика”, “Чечентәыла Ареспублика”, “ЧР”, “Шешен Республикасы”, “चेचन्या गणतंत्र”, “செசென் ரிபப்லிக்”, “เชชเนีย”, “체첸”, and “체츠냐”
  • Neighbors: , , , and
  • Categories: republic of Russia, federal subject of Russia, and locality
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude
43.4° or 43° 24′ north
Longitude
45.7° or 45° 42′ east
Population
1,510,000
Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)
Open location code
8HM7CM2X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 869593771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
569665
Wiki­data ID
Q5187
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Chechnya” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Чечентәыла”
  • Achinese: “Republik Chechen”
  • Adyghe: “Чэчэнай”
  • Afrikaans: “Tsjetsjnië”
  • Albanian: “Çeçenia”
  • Amharic: “ቸችኒያ”
  • Arabic: “الشيشان”
  • Aragonese: “Chechenia”
  • Armenian: “Չեչնիա”
  • Asturian: “Chechenia”
  • Asturian: “República de Chechenia”
  • Avaric: “Буртиялъ жумхӀурият”
  • Avaric: “ЧачаналӀ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çeçenistan”
  • Bashkir: “Чечен Республикаһы”
  • Basque: “Txetxenia”
  • Belarusian: “Чачня”
  • Belarusian: “Чачэнія”
  • Bengali: “চেচনিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Čečenija”
  • Breton: “Tchetchenia”
  • Bulgarian: “Чечения”
  • Bulgarian: “Чеченска република”
  • Catalan: “Txetxènia”
  • Cebuano: “Chechenskaya Respublika”
  • Central Kurdish: “چیچان”
  • Chechen: “Нохчийчоь”
  • Chinese: “車臣共和國”
  • Chinese: “车臣”
  • Chinese: “车臣共和国”
  • Church Slavic: “Чечєньска Димократїꙗ”
  • Chuvash: “Чечен Республики”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çeçenistan”
  • Croatian: “Čečenija”
  • Czech: “Čečensko”
  • Danish: “Republikken Tjetjenien”
  • Danish: “Tjetjenien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Çeçenıstan”
  • Dutch: “Tsjetsjenië”
  • Eastern Mari: “Чечня”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشيشان”
  • Erzya: “Чеченэнь Республикась”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉeĉenio”
  • Estonian: “Tšetšeeni Vabariik”
  • Extremaduran: “Chechenia”
  • Faroese: “Kekenia”
  • Finnish: “Tšetšenia”
  • French: “République de Tchétchénie”
  • French: “Tchétchénie”
  • Gagauz: “Çeçeniya”
  • Galician: “Chechenia”
  • Georgian: “ჩეჩნეთი”
  • German: “Tschetschenien”
  • Gothic: “Tsjetsjenja”
  • Gothic: “𐍄𐍃𐌴𐍄𐍃𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Τσετσενίας”
  • Greek: “Τσετσενία”
  • Gujarati: “ચેચન રિપબ્લિક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Chechnya Khiung-fò-koet”
  • Hausa: “Chechnya”
  • Hebrew: “צ’צ’ניה”
  • Hindi: “चेचन्या”
  • Hungarian: “Csecsenföld”
  • Icelandic: “Téténía”
  • Ido: “Chechenia”
  • Ido: “Republiko Chechenia”
  • Indonesian: “Chechnya”
  • Ingush: “Нохчийче”
  • Ingush: “Нохчиче”
  • Interlingua: “Cecenia”
  • Interlingue: “Chechnya”
  • Inupiaq: “Siasnia”
  • Inupiaq: “Siseniiaq”
  • Irish: “an tSeisnia”
  • Irish: “An tSeisnia”
  • Italian: “Cecenia”
  • Japanese: “チェチェン共和国”
  • Javanese: “Chechnya”
  • Javanese: “Chèchnya”
  • Kabardian: “Мычгыш Республикэ”
  • Kabardian: “Шэшэн Республикэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Чеченмудин таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಚೆಚೆನ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Chechenstan”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Чечен Республика”
  • Kazakh: “Шешенстан”
  • Kirghiz: “Чеченстан”
  • Komi: “Нохчийчо республика”
  • Komi: “Чечня”
  • Korean: “체첸 공화국”
  • Kurdish: “Çeçenistan”
  • Ladin: “Cecenia”
  • Latin: “Tsetsenia”
  • Latvian: “Čečenija”
  • Lezghian: “Чечня”
  • Limburgan: “Tsjetsjenië”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Txetxnia”
  • Lithuanian: “Čečėnija”
  • Livvi: “Čečnien tazavaldu”
  • Lombard: “Cecenia”
  • Macedonian: “Чеченија”
  • Maithili: “चेचन्या”
  • Malagasy: “Tsetsenia”
  • Malay: “Chechnya”
  • Malayalam: “ചെച്‌നിയ”
  • Marathi: “चेचन्या”
  • Mazanderani: “چچن”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Chechnya”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chechnya”
  • Mingrelian: “ჩეჩნეთი”
  • Mongolian: “Чечень”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tschetscheenien”
  • Northern Luri: “ولات چچن”
  • Northern Sami: “Tšetšenia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsjetsjenia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tsjetsjenia”
  • Norwegian: “Tsjetsjenia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chechenia”
  • Oromo: “Chechnya”
  • Ossetian: “Цæцæн”
  • Pampanga: “Chechnya”
  • Panjabi: “ਚੈਚਨੀਆ”
  • Persian: “چچن”
  • Polish: “Czeczenia”
  • Portuguese: “Chechénia”
  • Portuguese: “Chechênia”
  • Portuguese: “Tchetchênia”
  • Pushto: “چيچنيا”
  • Romanian: “Cecenia”
  • Russia Buriat: “Сэсэн Республика”
  • Russia Buriat: “Чечня”
  • Russian: “Чеченская Республика”
  • Russian: “Чечня”
  • Rusyn: “Чечня”
  • Samogitian: “Čečienėjė”
  • Sardinian: “Cecènia”
  • Scots: “Chechnie”
  • Serbian: “Чеченија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Čečenija”
  • Sicilian: “Cecènia”
  • Sindhi: “چيچنيا”
  • Sinhala: “චෙච්නියා”
  • Slovak: “Čečensko”
  • Slovenian: “Čečenija”
  • Somali: “Jeejniya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چچنیستان”
  • Southern Sotho: “Chechnya”
  • Spanish: “Chechenia”
  • Sundanese: “Chéchnya”
  • Swahili: “Chechnya”
  • Swedish: “Tjetjenien”
  • Tagalog: “Chechenya”
  • Tagalog: “Chechnya”
  • Tajik: “Чеченистон”
  • Talysh: “Ceceniston”
  • Talysh: “Çeçeniston”
  • Tamil: “செச்சினியா”
  • Tatar: “Чечня”
  • Telugu: “చెచన్యా”
  • Telugu: “చెచెన్ రిపబ్లిక్”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐเชเชน”
  • Turkish: “Çeçenistan”
  • Udmurt: “Чечня”
  • Uighur: “چېچېنىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Чечня”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Čečenska”
  • Urdu: “چیچنیا”
  • Urdu: “شیشان”
  • Uzbek: “Checheniston”
  • Veps: “Čečenijan Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Chechnya”
  • Volapük: “Tsyetsyenän”
  • Võro: “Tšetšeeniä”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chechnya”
  • Welsh: “Tsietsnia”
  • Western Frisian: “Tsjetsjeenje”
  • Western Panjabi: “چیچنیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “车臣共和国”
  • Yakut: “Чечня”
  • Yiddish: “טשעטשניע”
  • Yue Chinese: “車臣”
  • Yue Chinese: “車臣共和國”
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