During a 1958 ethnic riot in this region, people on one side donned red headbands to identifythemselves to authorities.
During a 1958 ethnic riot in this region, people on one side donned red headbands to identifythemselves to authorities. The natives of this region were targeted in Operation Lentil, which includedthe Khaibakh massacre and the forced deportation of much of its population. The Sunzha River runsthrough this region, and once flowed past a presidential palace used by (*) Dzhokhar Dudayev. FSBforces killed another leader of this region, Aslan Maskhadov, and its separatist movement is now led byAkhmed Zakayev. Found near Dagestan and Ingushetia, this Muslim‐dominated region declaredindependence as Ichkeria in 1991. For 10 points, name this southern Russian republic, the site of abloody war in the 1990s.
During a 1958 ethnic riot in this region, people on one side donned red headbands to identifythemselves to authorities.
Chechnya