Chechnya primer here.

[jumpstart33]

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=chechyna++russian+map&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D45e8a44c60d6d0a9%26clickedItemRank%3D3%26userQuery%3Dchechyna%2B%2Brussian%2Bmap%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.geocities.com%252FPentagon%252F6453%252Fchechnya.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPToolbarNS%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FPentagon%2F6453%2Fchechnya.html

DUers, you need to know about this history. Be prepared to make informed decisions about politicians who hold various positions on Chechyna. This is the WMD that the US seems to be ignoring. The "bear" is about to complete its long sleep. We won't know what hit us. The wall is going back up and Bush has laid the conerstone.

[silverlib]

1. Really strange...

your link works, but none of the links on the site work. ????

[Eloriel]

2. Dupe, sorry n/t

[Eloriel]

3. Better link, but same problem

at least with the links I tried. :shrug:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6453/chechnya.html

[Aidoneus]

4. Raiding my bookmarks..

Che Guevaras in Turbans
http://www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/016.PDF

Who are the Chechens?
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/chechens.htm

Sobaka--"Roadside Chechnya" trilogy:
http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/2002/roadside.html
http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/2002/roadside2.html
http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/2002/roadside3.html

The Jihad of Imam Shamyl: (Imam Shamyl is the national hero of the North Caucasus peoples)
http://www.naqshbandi.net/haqqani/sufi/NaqshSufiWay/Imam_Shamil.html

Sufism in Chechnyia--Excerpts from: Mystics and Commmissars: Sufism in the Soviet Union
http://www.naqshbandi.net/haqqani/Sufi/sufis_chechen.html

The Religious Roots of Conflict: Russia and Chechnya
http://www.iol.ie/~afifi/Articles/chechnya.htm

The Background of Chechen Independence Movement II: The Sufi Resistance
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-2.htm
The Background of Chechen Independence Movement III: The Secular Independence Movement
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-3.htm
The Background of Chechen Independence Movement IV: The Internal Power Struggle in Chechnya
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-4.htm
The Background of Chechen Independence Movement V: The Dagestan Provocation
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-5.htm

Sobaka: Transparent Obituary: Notes on Ruslan Gelayev
http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/2004/gelayev.html

The Chechens and the Ingush during the Soviet period and its antecedents:
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/avtorh.html
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/twent_fort.html
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/thir_for.html
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/fort_begn.html

EXILE: How they were deported
http://www.chechen.8m.com/history/exile.html

Translation of an article published in Le Monde on 11 February 2000
LETTER FROM AN ANONYMOUS RUSSIAN SOLDIER
http://tchetchenieparis.free.fr/text/letter-soldier.htm

Dagestan in October 1997: Imam Shamil lives!
http://www.ca-c.org/dataeng/henze.shtml

Collective Memory and Politics: Remarks on Some Competing Historical Narratives in the Caucasus and Russia and their Use of a 'National Hero.'--by Moshe Gammer*
http://poli.vub.ac.be/publi/crs/eng/0401-03.htm

A face of future battle: Chechen fighter Shamil Basayev
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/fmsopubs/issues/shamil/shamil.htm

tip of the iceberg for what I have, but a good selection.

A massive news archive, also excellent for current events:--
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chechnya-sl/

[HuckleB]

5. Gracias.