Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic

Che•chen′-In•gush′

(or Che•chen′o-In•gush′) Auton′omous Repub′lic

(tʃəˈtʃɛn ɪnˈguʃ or tʃəˈtʃɛn oʊ-)
n.

a former autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, in Caucasia: now divided into Chechnya and Ingushetia.

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But according to the Moscow rumour mill, he was actually born to a Chechen father in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic of the Soviet Union.

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Other ethnic groups were resettled on the vacated lands, including the forcible resettlement of North Ossetians in the Prigorodniy district of the former Chechen-Ingush autonomous republic. (10)

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Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic, divided in the late Soviet period

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One notable exception to this Soviet-Muslim symbiosis was the Chechen-Ingush autonomous republic, where the authorities did not allow a single mosque to register until 1978, while permitting two Russian Orthodox churches and a Baptist prayer-house (p.

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The most striking example is his conflict with the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic. Under the leadership of Maj.