Chechen people

The Chechens (; , , Old Chechen: Нахчой, Naxçoy) are an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to the North Caucasus who refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced ; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhtche). The vast majority of Chechens are Muslim and they adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam. Most Chechens live in Chechnya, an "autonomous republic" of the Caucasussian part of Russia, while the rest live as a diaspora, mostly in Turkey, Kazakhstan and the European Union. 



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Category:Caucasus
Category:Chechnya
Category:Eastern Europe
Category:Ethnic groups in Russia