Free Chechnya Radio station

You can listen to Free Chechnya Radio station from 6 AM to 12 PM Moscow time on a frequency of 594 kHz on the medium wave band and on a frequency of 171 kHz on the long wave band. The programme is created with the involvement of the Ministry for culture and mass communication of the Russian Federation.
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Chechen Culture

Cultural events

Getting to Know Each Other Better

Late last month the Naur settlement in Chechnya hosted a republican festival of national cultural centers The Rainbow of Cultures. Taking part in the festival were childrens ensembles of the Nogai cultural center Ushkun, a joint Kumyk ethno-cultural center, a Russian national cultural center and Young Naur Cossacks ensemble. The festival was sponsored by the regional public organization Sozidaniye and the Center of Folk Creativity of the Chechen Republic. Ramzan Daudovdirector of that Center emphasized that at various times representatives of different peoples lived in friendship and accord and treated respectfully the culture, customs and languages of each other. Today, the Centers director noted , when our common adversaries attempt to sow grains of discord among them, we ought to show how important it is to live in peace and friendship. About 100 participants of the festival displayed their talents before the spectators. Dancers took turns appearing on stage and songs in native languages rang out. The Kumyk ensemble put up a humor program.. (more...)

Chechen cuisine

Chechen cuisine

"The Chechens, like the rest of the highlanders, avoid extremes in their eating and drinking habits. What they usually eat is chureks or corn bread with mutton lard spread on it, and wheat stew with lard in it; water is their basic refreshment." "...Unleavend wheat or barley bread baked on charcoal, milk and cheese constitute their daily menu; meat is eaten, very rarely, by the richest of the Chechens." That was written about the Chechen eating habits in the 19th century. And it was not until the late 19th century that many vegetables grown in Europe - tomatoes, cabbage, radish - had found their way to the kitchen gardens of mountainous Chechnya. Chechen farming units have, since times immemorial, been self-sufficient, with only spices and sweetmeats being bought at the market. And, although they have become familiar with the cuisines of many other ethnic communities, the Chechen women cherish the very special culinary traditions of their own.
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Issue 356
21.03.06

Chechnya: news | arguments | facts

21 Mart 2006 Chechnya Joins the Nation-Wide Project "Agro-Industrial Complex Development
The rates of agricultural growth in Russia is 3-4 times lower than those showing growth in other sectors of the economy. The nation-wide project - "Agro-Industrial Complex Development was launched in the country in order to overcome this gap and raise the level of villagers' prosperity. And Chechnya has already joined the project. Close to 400 business plans have been prepared, which reflect national priorities -- acceleration of cattle-raising and support for small business in rural areas. The Chechen Agriculture Ministry explains that the project involves primarily financial support for small business in a broader sense -- from agricultural cooperatives and farming businesses to work on personal plots of land. The state is to recoup 95 percent of all expenses by individual farms on the interest of credits obtained from banks. The arrangement is as follows: the bigger the bank's credit, which is, sought for production development, the bigger the sum of government subsidy on interest payments toward the credit. The implementation of the nation-wide project -- "Agro-Industrial Complex Development" -- will help the republic to replenish cattle stocks on attractive terms and to acquire new equipment for dairy processing. Chechnya is also participant of the Federal rebuilding program -- "Social Development of the Countryside by the Year 2010". Four settlements will be supplied with gas under the program in Kurchaloi, Nozhai-Yurt and Shelkovskoi regions and a water supply system will be rebuilt in Alkhankala. 52.6 million rubles will be appropriated for these purposes from the 2006 budget of the Chechen Republic and another 100-120 million rubles will come from the federal budget.
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21 Mart 2006  Tasks Facing the Chechen Trade and Industry Chamber
Trade and industry Chambers are playing increasing role in the economic development of regions in Russia. The Chechen Chamber was created in 2001 but really began to operate in November 2005. Since January this year Nursolt Adayev, vice president of the Chechen Union of businessmen has been heading the Chamber. The Chechen Chamber currently has 44 structures and unions including the Businessmen Union, construction companies, 6 state unitary enterprises and 8 farmers societies as members. They are all big concerns and it is the start of firmly establishing the Chechen Chamber, said Nursolt Adayev. More and more enterprises and economic managers are getting to know our objectives and role in the rebuilding of Chechnya. In the first week of March we received 3 applications for membership, Mr. Adayev has revealed. The Chamber is energetically taking part in building infrastructure in the republic, in the overall economic life of Chechnya and is establishing contacts with similar Chambers in other regions in Russia. In December officials of the Chamber accompanied President Alu Alhanov on his visit to Rostov region and they signed a cooperation agreement with the regional Trade and Industry Chamber. Similar agreements will be signed with Krasnodar and Voronezh regions and the agreements will reflect all aspects of collaboration primarily in industrial and trade activity. The agreements envision creating of joint enterprises as well as the opening of joint trade offices. Several enterprises in Rostov have already agreed to establish joint projects with Chechen colleagues and will open offices in Chechnya In the end of March beginning of April officials of the Chechen Chamber will go to China as members of a Russian delegation and Nursolt Adayev is confident that the result of the trip will have a positive impact on business development in Chechnya, especially small business, The protection of the interest of business which is among the main duties of the trade and industry Chamber will also receive a boost, said in conclusion Nursolt Adayev.
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20 Mart 2004  Russian Government Helps to Revive Animal Husbandry in Chechnya
Chechnyas agricultural and industrial complex has started to revive under a national project in this area. A group of Chechen experts worked out a relevant programme for the republic and submitted to the Russian Agriculture Ministry. And the federal ministry will shortly allocate a large sum to the republican agriculture ministry. It will direct about 9 million rubles to revive animal husbandry, and farms will get a ten million ruble-loan. The republic will start to build farms to breed livestock and other farms. The first farms will appear in Achkhoi-Martan, Gudermes and Sholkovsky districts. Special commission selected these districts and will distribute loans. Such commissions have been set up in every district. The commission will determine at the spot the possibilities of the residents who express desire to develop his own farms. In fact, many residents in Chechnya have displayed readiness to do their best to promote farming.
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Russia - Chechnya

Chechen history

The Pulse publishing house in Moscow published on the History of Chechnya in the 19-20th Centuries. Its authors are renowned scholars of history Y.Z. Akhmadov and E.K. Khasmagomadov. This book represents a thematic continuation of research by Y. Akhmadov The History of Chechnya from Ancient Times to the end of the 18th Century (Peace Be on Your House, 2001). We posted an abridged version of the book on our Web-site.
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