Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Нохчийн Пачхьалкх Ичкери (Chechen)
Nóxçiyn Paçẋalq Içkeri
Чеченская Республика Ичкерия (Russian)
Chechénskaya Respúblika Ichkériya
StatusGovernment-in-exile from 2000–2007
CapitalGrozny (renamed Ƶovxar-Ġala in 1996)
Common languagesChechen · Russian (both official)
Religion
State secularism (1991–1996)
Sunni Islam (1996–2000)
GovernmentRepublic (1991–1996)
Islamic republic (1996–2000)
President
• 1991–1996
Dzhokhar Dudayev
• 1996–1997
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
• 1997–2000
Aslan Maskhadov
LegislatureParliament
History
• Declaration of Independence
1 November 1991
• Dissolution of the USSR
26 December 1991
• First Chechen War
11 December 1994
• Moscow Peace Treaty
12 May 1997
• Second Chechen War
1 May 2000