1.WhereintheRussianFederationwouldyoufindChechnya?

IntheRussianFederation,youwouldfindChechnyaintheNorthCaucasusregion.
2.HowaretheChechensdifferentfromtheRussians?
TheyarealargeMuslimethnicgroupwhiletheRussiansaremostlyOrthodox.
3.DidtheChechensgainindependencefromtsaristRussiaafterthe1917Russian
Revolution?Explain.
Yes,theyjoinedwithotherethnicgroupstoformtheMountainAutonomousSovietbutsoon
aftertheSovietUnionseizedcontrol.
4.WhatdidStalindototheChechensduringWWII?Whydidhedothis?
StalindeportedtheChechensbecausehethoughttheywerecollaboratingwithNaziinvaders.
5.Whochangedtheirfate,andhowwastheirfatechanged?
NikitaKhrushchevrestoredtheprovincetheChechenswereoriginallyfromin1957.

6.WhatwasthefirstChechenWar?[Whostartedit?When?Why?Results?]
PresidentBorisYeltsinopposedChechenindependencesotheChechensfoughtbackandthey
finallygotaceasefirefromBorisinMay1996.
7.WhenwasthesecondChechenWar?[Whostartedit?When?Why?Results?]
ChechenmilitantsinvadedtheneighboringRussianrepublicofDagestantosupportalocal
separatistmovementinAugust1999.

8.Priortohisdeathin2006,theseparatistBasayevwasdeemedtoberesponsibleforthe
mostnotoriouseventtothatpointintime.Identifythisevent.Howmanydeceased
militantsinthiseventwereNOTChechen?Whymightthisbeasignificantchangeinthe
ChechenWars?

9.AccordingtotheAmericanambassadortoRussia,whatterroristgroupisassistingthe
Chechenrebels?How/whymightAmericanswhowereoncesympathetictotheChechen
causeforindependencefromtheRussianFederationhavechanged?


10.DoyoubelievetheRussiansshouldgrantChechnyatheirindependence?Whyorwhy
not?[Answerthisquestioninparagraphformat(minimumofsixsentences).]