Chechen people
Northeast Caucasian ethnic group
The Chechens (/ˈtʃɛtʃɛnz, tʃəˈtʃɛnz/;[18] Chechen: Нохчий, Noxçiy, Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy) are an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to the North Caucasus who refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced [no̞xtʃʼiː]; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhtche). The vast majority of Chechens are Muslim and they adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam. Chechens live in Chechnya, a Caucasian republic of Russia.
Нохчий Noxçiy | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 2 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | 1,431,360[2] |
 Chechnya | 1,206,551[3] |
 Dagestan | 93,658[3] |
 Ingushetia | 18,765[3] |
 Moscow Oblast | 14,524[3] |
 Stavropol Krai | 11,980[3] |
 Rostov Oblast | 11,449[3] |
 Volgograd Oblast | 9,649[3] |
 Astrakhan Oblast | 7,229[3] |
 Tyumen Oblast | 6,889[3] |
 European Union France Austria Belgium Germany Sweden Poland Denmark | 130,000 (2009)[4] |
 Turkey | 100,000[5][6] |
 Kazakhstan | 32,894[7] |
 Jordan | 12,000–30,000[8] |
 Iraq | 11,000[9] |
 Georgia | 10,100 (including Kist people) |
 Syria | 6,000–35,000[10][11] |
 Egypt | 5,000[5] |
 Ukraine | 2,877[12] |
 United Arab Emirates | 2,000–3,000[13] |
 Finland | 636[14] |
 United States | 250–1,000[15][16] |
 Latvia | 192[17] Data figures from 2001 to 2021; see also Chechen diaspora. |
| Languages | |
| Chechen | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Nakh peoples (Ingush, Bats) | |
References
change- ↑ "Chechnya 'has no troops in Ukraine'". Bbc.com. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ↑ "ВПН-2010". rosstat.gov.ru. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Russian Census of 2002 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ As Hit Men Strike, Concern Grows Among Chechen Exiles, RFE/RL, March 12, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Event Report, Caspian Studies Program
- ↑ Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (Englisch)
- ↑ "Kazakhstan population stats". 2017-01-01. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ↑ "Jordan willing to assist Chechnya – King". Reliefweb.int. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ↑ Ahmet Katav; Bilgay Duman (November 2012). "Iraqi Circassians (Chechens, Dagestanis, Adyghes)" (PDF). ORSAM Reports (134). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ Jaimoukha, Amjad M. (2008), "Syria", The Chechens: A Handbook, Routledge, p. 232, ISBN 978-0-415-32328-4
- ↑ "Circassian, Ossetian, Chechen Minorities Solicit Russian Help To Leave Syria". Rferl.org. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
- ↑ "About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001". Ukraine Census 2001. State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ Chechnya's Exodus to Europe, North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 9 Issue: 3, The Jamestown Foundation, January 24, 2008
- ↑ "031 – Language by sex, by region and municipality in 1990 to 2017". Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ↑ Andrew Meier (April 19, 2013). "The Chechens in America: Why They're Here and Who They Are". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ Note that the actual amount of Chechens living in the United States is higher, as they are categorized as Russians in censuses.
- ↑ https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/sites/pmlp/files/media_file/isvn_latvija_pec_ttb_vpd.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Chechen". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.