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 history

The XIII century turned out to be a tragedy for most people in Eurasia. A former slave, but a clever and talented leader named Temudjin, or as he was also called Chenghiz Khan, managed to united under his rule disparate tribes in Mongolia and began capturing neighboring peoples and states. In 1222, an advance detachment of the Mongol troops under the leadership of Chenghiz Khan, Djebe Noin and Subudei Bagatur, invaded Georgia and in fierce fighting defeated Czar George IV Lashas troops. From there, the Mongol hordes moved north-east, and marching with battles through mountainous Dagestan, arrived in Alania, populated by numerous inhabitants, who had already been informed about them. By guile, the Mongol generals managed to divide Alan and Polovetz forces. In two-day battles the Alans were routed and their land was subjected to barbaric annihilation. Subsequently, the Mongols staged a carnage of the unsuspecting Polovtzi. The defeats of Alania and Georgia at the hands of the Mongols and the subsequent internecine fighting in the Caucasus weakened the position of those nations and allowed the mountainous tribes of Vainakhs to rid themselves of their cultural and political influence, which was already of symbolic nature at the time. The Mongol raid badly sapped Alanias strength but did not crush it. It took the Mongols several more raids to grab full control of the pre-mountainous Northern Caucasus. The first raid occurred in 1238-1239 and lasted for more than 10 months. The raid was led by Batys cousins Meshu, Guyuk and Kadan.
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Chechen ethnos

Origin of the Chechen people as legend has it

The Chechen nation originated in Shem Country thousands of years ago. They subsequently lived a long time in Nakhchuvan wherefrom three brothers moved on to Kazygman to join their fathers relatives living there, including their uncle. They spent 10 years in Kagyzman. After their youngest brother died, the two other brothers headed for Erzrum where they lived for six years. Another brother died and the oldest one who remained then spent some time with the Khalibs who inhabited the southeastern coast of the Black Sea. There he lived for some time with his wife, three sons, four daughters and a nephew. The latter subsequently got married and stayed with the Khalibs, while the eldest bother took his family to the banks of the river Baksan wherefrom his posterity moved north toward what is now the Chechen republic. (more...)

Issue 434
20.02.07

Chechnya: news | arguments | facts

20 February 2007 Killed Chechen warlord plotted terror attacks in Grozny - FSB
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Saturday that a warlord killed earlier this week in Chechnya as part of a mopping-up operation had been plotting a series of terrorist acts targeting civilians in the republic's capital, Grozny. "Two caches were discovered in and outside Grozny on February 17, containing ammunition for land mines, which the bandits [from Abdula Ganishev's gang] were planning to use for spectacular terrorist attacks against the civilian population in the Chechen capital shortly," FSB said in a press release. Ganishev, killed in Grozny on Thursday, had an extensive crime record, including murders, abductions and terrorist attacks against civilians and federal service personnel. RIA Novosti
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20 February 2007  First Success and Big Plans
Solving economic development tasks requires highly educated professionals versed in all economic activity, the kinds being groomed by the Grozny business education Center under the Chamber of Commerce of Chechnya. The Committee of education and innovative activity of the Chamber of Commcerce created the Center in March 2006, but it began to function properly only in November of that year. The Centers objective is to help upgrade the qualification of employees of state, public and private sectors in Chechnya. Representatives of small and medium size businesses receive special attention and almost immediately after commencing work the center demonstrated its usefulness to such specialists. The Centers capacity of 320 students has been filled. The bookkeepers classes brush up their knowledge of accounting by computer. Soon it will be the turn of bailiffs, realtors and business managers. Students are put through their paces by experienced tutors, who have proved their ability in practice in various state and private organizations. Chief of the Center, Galina Djabulatova says that the only demand on teaching staff members is practical experience. The requirements from prospective students are just their desire to study in the Center and a passport. The current students at the Center are from Grozny, Urus-Martan, Achkhoi-Martan regions and other regions, but branches of the Center are to be opened in all regions in Chechnya. Whats more, Galina Djabulatova has said that under the Russian priority programme a business school is to be opened in Southern Russia, making the Grozny Center the powerhouse in Southern Federal District.
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19 February 2007  Three arms caches found in Chechnya
Three caches with weapons and ammunition have been found in the outskirts of the village of Bolshiye Varandy in Chechnyas Shatoi region during a check of the information received from the earlier detained members of illegal armed groups, press secretary of the Chechen Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass on Saturday. The caches contained a total of about nine kilograms of TNT, three submachine-guns and 26 magazines to them, a Mukha grenade launcher, a VOG-17 grenade launcher projectile, a pistol, two shells, four grenades and a radio station. A check is being conducted over the given fact and the caches owners are being searched for, a representative of the Chechen Interior Ministry said.
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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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