Chechens

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
צ'צ'נים
Name (Latin)
Chechens
Name (Arabic)
الشيشانيون
Other forms of name
nne Chechen
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Caucasus
Ethnology Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q31230
Library of congress: sh 85022813
Sources of Information
  • Am. heritage dict.(Chechen: a native or inhabitant of Chechnya, Chechens)
  • Britannica Micro.:v. 3, p. 145 (Chechenia's inhabitants include the Chechen, the predominant ethnic group. The Chechen and Ingush are both Muslim and two of the many Caucasian Mountain peoples whose language belongs to the Nakh group. Traditionally independent, the Chechen and other Caucasian tribes long resisted Russian conquest, esp. in the 19th century.)