Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Нохчийн Пачхьалкх Ичкери (Chechen) Nóxçiyn Paçẋalq Içkeri Чеченская Республика Ичкерия (Russian) Chechénskaya Respúblika Ichkériya
Status | Government-in-exile from 2000–2007
Capital | Grozny (renamed Ƶovxar-Ġala in 1996)
Common languages | Chechen · Russian (both official)
Religion | State secularism (1991–1996) Sunni Islam (1996–2000)
Government | Republic (1991–1996) Islamic republic (1996–2000)
President |
• 1991–1996 | Dzhokhar Dudayev †
• 1996–1997 | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev †
• 1997–2000 | Aslan Maskhadov †
Legislature | Parliament
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