Chechnya 车臣共和国
（重定向自Chechen Republic）
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![Pattern of migration of Nakh peoples (Ingush, Chechens) from the birthplace in the Fertile Crescent to the slopes of the Caucasus (red arrow points to the area of present-day Azerbaijan from which the Nakh-Dagestanian tribes started the spread in the Caucasus)10,000 BC after they overused the land and created deserts. Bernice Wuethrich, Johanna Nichols (19 May 2000).](/Images/godic/202501/04/Migration_on_Nakh_Peoples5620.png")
![Imam Shamil of Chechnya and Dagestan surrendering to Russian general Baryatinsky in 1859; painting by Aleksey Kivshenko.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Imam_Shamil_surrendered_to_Count_Baryatinsky_on_August_25,_1859_by_Kivshenko,_Alexei_Danilovich5620.jpg")
The Chechen Republic (/ˈtʃɛtʃᵻn/; Russian:Чече́нская Респу́блика, tr.Chechenskaya Respublika;IPA: [tɕɪˈtɕɛnskəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]; Chechen:Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika), commonly referred to as Chechnya (/ˈtʃɛtʃniə/; Russian:Чечня́;IPA: [tɕɪˈtɕnʲa]; Chechen:Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria (lit land of minerals), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia.