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| | Chechnya - Open Encyclopedia |
 | | Bordering Stavropol Krai to the northwest, the republic of Dagestan to the northeast and east, Georgia to the south, and the republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia to the west, it is located in the Northern Caucasus mountains, in the Southern Federal District. |
 | | During the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of Chechen leaders declared themselves to be the lawful government, announced a new parliament, and declared independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. |
 | | Reportedly, the pro-Moscow officials admit (see external links) that since 1994 over 200, 000 people have keen killed, and in the same period over 20,000 children have been killed in Chechnya and dozens of thousands more became orphans. |
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