The Genocide of Chechens in the Context of Russian-Chechen Conflict – a Historical Outline

Authors

  • Olga Nadskakuła The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/pch.494

Keywords:

Chechnya, Russia, genocide, Caucasus, terrorism

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the genesis of the Chechen-Russian conflict, including the genocide of Chechens. The analysis explains how the aggressive actions of the Russian authorities were supposed to deal with “the strongest and most dangerous nation” of the Caucasus, in order to subjugate this region. Russian behaviour proves that their priority over the centuries was not an assimilation of Chechens and the peaceful solution of the conflict, but rather an “imperial” dimension of the strife, or to be exact, the ultimate conquest of the Caucasus, even if it would mean the extermination of the Chechen nation.

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2023-01-19

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

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