Why do the Chechen people want to separate?
With a large ethnic, lingual, religious and political divide between the people of Chechnya and Russia, the fight for self-determination has been happening since the late 1920's when Russia began exiling, executing and arresting Chechen leaders. Suspicious of the Chechen people, the Soviets decided that they would deport them, which they did in the spring of 1944. In the course of a few short days, the people were loaded into boxcars and shipped to Kazakhstan, Siberia, and Central Asia. 1956 was the year that the Chechen people were permitted to go back home. However, they discovered that their home had been taken over by Russian people. This has lead to a hatred and mistrust between the two groups that has stayed strong to this current day. Chechnya's reasons for resistance against Russian rule are that like many of the other case studies like Taiwan, the Kurds, and Tibet, the people don't want to be under foreign rule because they have separate national identities which often causes a disconnect in political policies and traditional observances. An example of this is that the common practice of polygyny was outlawed, as were arranged marriages involving a dowry. Along with a disconnect between the people and their foreign ruler, the past transgressions that the Chechen people feel Russia did to them fuels a hatred and mistrust. Naturally if you don't trust or get along with somebody, you wouldn't want them to control your life. Especially if they had abused you in the past. Russia has yet to accept Chechnya as a separate republic as not to encourage other territories in achieving their own independence as well as the fact letting go of Chechnya means the loss of major oil pipelines and refineries. Despite Russia's reluctance to consider Chechnya a separate republic, the Chechens themselves do. Their official name is The Chechen Republic. this could be considered a nation wide act of civil disobedience. In denying Russia's inclusion of them as a federal republic, they isolate themselves from them.
With a large ethnic, lingual, religious and political divide between the people of Chechnya and Russia, the fight for self-determination has been happening since the late 1920's when Russia began exiling, executing and arresting Chechen leaders. Suspicious of the Chechen people, the Soviets decided that they would deport them, which they did in the spring of 1944. In the course of a few short days, the people were loaded into boxcars and shipped to Kazakhstan, Siberia, and Central Asia. 1956 was the year that the Chechen people were permitted to go back home. However, they discovered that their home had been taken over by Russian people. This has lead to a hatred and mistrust between the two groups that has stayed strong to this current day. Chechnya's reasons for resistance against Russian rule are that like many of the other case studies like Taiwan, the Kurds, and Tibet, the people don't want to be under foreign rule because they have separate national identities which often causes a disconnect in political policies and traditional observances. An example of this is that the common practice of polygyny was outlawed, as were arranged marriages involving a dowry. Along with a disconnect between the people and their foreign ruler, the past transgressions that the Chechen people feel Russia did to them fuels a hatred and mistrust. Naturally if you don't trust or get along with somebody, you wouldn't want them to control your life. Especially if they had abused you in the past. Russia has yet to accept Chechnya as a separate republic as not to encourage other territories in achieving their own independence as well as the fact letting go of Chechnya means the loss of major oil pipelines and refineries. Despite Russia's reluctance to consider Chechnya a separate republic, the Chechens themselves do. Their official name is The Chechen Republic. this could be considered a nation wide act of civil disobedience. In denying Russia's inclusion of them as a federal republic, they isolate themselves from them.
Chechen rebels - static.guim.co.uk - Chechen rebels taking cover behind a tank - http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2010/3/31/1270036694694/Chechen-rebels-take-cover-001.jpg
Conflicts with Russia - http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Norway-to-Russia/Chechens.html
Reasons Russia wants to hold on to Chechnya - http://www.globalissues.org/article/100/crisis-in-chechnya
Reasons Russia wants to hold on to Chechnya - http://www.globalissues.org/article/100/crisis-in-chechnya