Chechens

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North Caucasian people ethnic group

Chechens are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group native to the North Caucasus region, known for their distinct language, culture, and strong clan-based social traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Chechen diaspora in Jordan 1
Chechen diaspora in Turkey 1
Chechen people 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Caucasian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
allowedReturn late 1950s ⓘ
autonym Nokhchi ⓘ
capitalRegionCity Grozny ⓘ
countryWithSignificantPopulation Azerbaijan ⓘ
France ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
deportationDestination Central Asia ⓘ
deportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Russia ⓘ
historicalEvent Caucasian War ⓘ
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944) ⓘ
historicalScript Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
involvedInConflict First Chechen War ⓘ
Second Chechen War ⓘ
languageFamily Northeast Caucasian languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Chechen language ⓘ
laterReligiousInfluence Sufism ⓘ
majorityDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
nativeTo North Caucasus ⓘ
notableCuisineElement chepalgash ⓘ
zhizhig-galnash ⓘ
populationEstimate over 1 million ⓘ
primaryRegion Chechnya ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
relatedEthnicGroup Bats people ⓘ
Ingush ⓘ
Kists ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn Russia ⓘ
sufiOrder Naqshbandi ⓘ
Qadiri ⓘ
traditionalClanUnit teip ⓘ
traditionalCode adat ⓘ
traditionalConfederationUnit tukkhum ⓘ
traditionalDance lezginka (Chechen variant) ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalEthos nokhchalla ⓘ
traditionalMusic dance music with accordion and zurna ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous pagan beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSchoolOfLaw Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form: Shafi‘i
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
usesScript Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bats people → closelyRelatedTo → Chechens ⓘ
Kists → culturalRelation → Chechens ⓘ
Chechen language → ethnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Chechnya → ethnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Kists → ethnicRelation → Chechens ⓘ
Nart sagas → hasCulturalOrigin → Chechens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chechen people
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Caucasus → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Caucasian War → hasParticipant → Chechens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chechen peoples
Chechnya → mainEthnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Kists → relatedEthnicGroup → Chechens ⓘ
Kists → sharesCustomsWith → Chechens ⓘ
Chechen language → usedBy → Chechens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chechen diaspora in Turkey
Chechen language → usedBy → Chechens ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chechen diaspora in Jordan