Very interesting overview! I was wondering what was actually known about us out there in the English speaking world. I'm a Chechen. Grew up during the Chechen Wars.
There is not a lot of knowledge about Chechens here in the West (outside of a very 1990's narrative) so it was very interesting to research this topic!
thank you for this as a muslim african I admire imam shamil, sheikh mansur and the chechen people in general, the deportations even shown on film were hard to watch. this opened my eyes to the fact that soviet union was pretty much against religion yet the chechens still fought for them and got the short end of the stick unfortunately
@@allaboutrussia2022 I will watch the dagestan one too im currently reading some stuff on the central asia, I am more shocked stalin did this because even he himself was of georgian descent from the caucaus
@@basedmuslim9645 A common misconception is that of 'Caucasian Unity'/ Georgian auxiliaries were present for many of the deportations of the Chechens and Ingush (even getting some land to their SSR as a result). I would suggest watching the Avar video too as I explore this a little here.
A special breed indeed! If you would like to learn a little more about their homeland, I made a video on the Republic of Chechnya as well which you can check out here: ua-cam.com/video/iDhTEmPQjyo/v-deo.html. Alternatively, if you would like to learn a little more and neighbouring Ingushetia (sometimes considered the ethnic kin of the Chechens) please check out the link here: ua-cam.com/video/V3kPolySwX8/v-deo.html
I don't know how I didn't get informed about this video release I figured out just now that I forgot to hit the bell button anyways here's a shout out to you Andrew!
Nice! Good job. You deserve way more views and subs. Keep it up. Maybe try to interview, get info from, or something from a local for the next one. It would be interesting, ask the some questions that are harder to get from research. It's a cool thing Geography Now does
Hello, I'd like to mention that you're one of my favorite channels. Such good information in a really digestible format 😀 If you need any ideas, could you do the Kurgan Oblast next? You could discuss how the original peoples there invaded most of Eurasia. No pressure though lol
Ever thought about ancient connection to the basque people..names an physical traits very similar as well an the symbol u show in ur video.. jus a thought videos great
Apologies, I suspected my pronunciation was off when I was editing...but by then it was too late! I hope you were still able to enjoy the video and garnered some worth from it.
Absolutely wrong about sufism being discouraged in Chechnya, Kadyrov and almost all Chechens are Qadiri sufis, specifically the Kunta Hajji branch .......yes Salafis are actively persecuted, but sufism is very much a part of Chechen society, especially sufi zikr gatherings, and Kadyrov wholeheartedly supports and promotes sufism, especially Qadiri tariqa, Kunta Hajji branch
Thank you for this bit of information. It's a really interesting point as from what I had read, the Islam promoted by Kadyrov was so divergent from Sufiism in the rest of the world as to be regarded as 'folk-Islam' by some observers. Happy to be corrected! :)
have you been to chechnya? do you know chechens? I am a Chechen and I don’t know more than one young Sufi Chechen. You are cowards of Muslim countries from the side when they killed us, and now you have decided to divide which of us is Sufi and who is Sunni?
@@HASUHA4439 my friend, I was simply commenting on this guy's video, no I haven't been to Chechnya, all I know about Chechnya is what I've read, I never said anything about sunni and sufi, I said many Chechens we're sufi, if I was wrong I'm sorry, and I said salafis were persecuted by the government, again if I was wrong I apologize, but please, Thiers no need to call me names
@@hassanshayth1726 it's okay if you don't know the situation in Chechnya. but you don't need to tell this to all people, because many brothers from different countries can read your comments and think negatively about the Chechens. before there was no internet and the country of the USSR closed all the borders, killed all the imams and launched their agents began to promote Sufism. but as soon as the USSR collapsed, Sunism returned to Chechnya and now Sufis are mostly old people. and so they can follow in Chechnya and even a Sufi and a Sunni without a difference...
@@hassanshayth1726 I apologize for my rudeness. it’s just that when we had a war, more than one Muslim country did not help us. for that you know what all the Muslim countries did when we expelled the Russians? did not recognize us as a country, calling us an internal affair of Russia and directly stating that they are against separatism and Chechnya should be part of Russia. only Afghanistan recognized us as a state. These are our Muslim brothers. and yes, when there was a war in Chechnya like today in Ukraine, apart from Turkey and Pakistan, there was not even one rally. therefore, it is very disappointing for us when other Muslims begin to condemn us or something else. I hope you understand what I mean.
Chechens appeared in the Caucasus only 250 years ago in the form of a Russian project to divide the world's oldest Ingush (or Ghalghay) people into parts. Thus, Chehen is a baby tribe compared to other nations. The formation of the Chechen tribes took place in 3 stages: 1) Migration in the 16th century of some Ingush (or Ghalghay) teips (i.e.tribes) to the East, where they began to be called Loamaroy or Tavlintsy in Kumyk. This place is called Ichkeria in Turkic (Vedenskaya and Nozhai-Yurt regions of modern Chechnya). 2) The migration of the Avars to the West in the 17th century and the foundation by the Avar Khan Turlov of the village of Chechen-aul (Chachan) - the capital of his Avar Khanate - south of modern Grozny. The settlement of the region by Cossacks, Kumyks, mountain Jews (tats) Avars, deserted Russian soldiers, Nogais, Georgians, Circassians. They began to be called Chachans. 3) Descent from the mountains of the Ingush-Loamara (Tavlintsy) and their mixing with the Chachans of the plane. At the same time, fugitives and criminals from all over the world are being accepted into the Chachan society following Chechen custom of “Stubina vosh”, including Russians and Cossacks, who get chechenized over time. As a result, today we have modern Chechens. Next comes the chechenization of these peoples, largely due to the promiscuity of tsarist officials and generals, who called everyone by this name indiscriminately for their own convenience. The fact is that the name "Ingush" in the 18th century has not yet taken root, and the name "G1alg1ay" is difficult to pronounce in Russian and European languages. The word "Chechen" is easy to pronounce. For this banal reason, the Russians began to call the Ingush (or Ghalghay) as Chechens. And as you know from the fable about the lion, if you call a lion a donkey for a long time, then he will eventually start sounding like a donkey. This apparently happened to the Ingush (or Ghalghay) living in Ichkeria and on the territory of modern Achkhoi-Martan, Urus-Martan, Nadterechny, Itum-Kalinsky, Shatoisky, Sharoisky, Galay-Chozhsky and Grozny regions, which are the national territories of the Ingush (or Ghalghay). And modern Chechens are thus non-purebred Ingush (or Ghalghay). In fact, these are chechenized Ingush (or Ghalghay). The Chechenization of the Ingush continues to this day through the efforts of Russia.
Thank you for your post, there is a lot of information here. There are a couple of points I would like to raise: 1) I do actually appreciate the idea that the division of the Ingush and Chechens are part of Russian machinations (and from a purely linguistic view, this is 100% true - both exonyms deriving from villages associated with each peoples). However, I would argue that the nation-building of the 19th centuries onward has left a distinct difference between them (though there are tonnes of similarities). I think a good comparison here might be Serbians and Montenegrins - a shared language, shared history but recent politic developments away from each other. 2) I came across the Avar theory but did not put a lot of stock into it as the basis seems a fairly loose linguistic connection and did not account for the wider use of 'Che' prefixes. Nevertheless, thank you - it was a fascinating read!
@@allaboutrussia2022 Thank you for your positive attitude. Normally, I would expect to hear a foul language and even curses to my address. Your way of thinking is no surprise to me. You will not find truth in official sources and even in non-official ones. Stalin (an ossetian jew from Georgia, out of marriage son of Keke Djugashvili) has deported Ingush, gifted Ingushetia to his fellow ossetian jews, and used the powerfull USSR state propaganda machine to delete every mention of Ingush (Ghalghay). The damage has been enormous. After chechen treachery of Ingush in 2018, many Ingush have removed the rosy glasses and admitted the truth - chechen are traitors and not brothers. During USSR period Ingushetia was divided between chechen and ossetians. I was a child when in the school both russian and chechen teachers have been inculcating in my child's brains that Ingush have no history, that we are merely a piece of chechen that russians took out of "ancient" chechen people. The truth was the opposite to that. Chechen is a baby society, not a nation, artificially created by russian tsars. It turns out that Ingush nation is the most ancient nation on Earth as well as Ingush language, which is a key to the ancient worlds. I recommend you this UA-cam channel. It has some videos in English. ua-cam.com/users/IngHeart
Very interesting overview! I was wondering what was actually known about us out there in the English speaking world. I'm a Chechen. Grew up during the Chechen Wars.
There is not a lot of knowledge about Chechens here in the West (outside of a very 1990's narrative) so it was very interesting to research this topic!
thank you for this as a muslim african I admire imam shamil, sheikh mansur and the chechen people in general, the deportations even shown on film were hard to watch. this opened my eyes to the fact that soviet union was pretty much against religion yet the chechens still fought for them and got the short end of the stick unfortunately
Absolutely, at least for the first half of the 20th century the Soviet Union was an anti-theist state. I'm glad you liked the video!
@@allaboutrussia2022 I will watch the dagestan one too im currently reading some stuff on the central asia, I am more shocked stalin did this because even he himself was of georgian descent from the caucaus
@@basedmuslim9645 A common misconception is that of 'Caucasian Unity'/ Georgian auxiliaries were present for many of the deportations of the Chechens and Ingush (even getting some land to their SSR as a result).
I would suggest watching the Avar video too as I explore this a little here.
@@allaboutrussia2022 definitely did central Asians fair better ?
@@basedmuslim9645 Better than genocide, certainly.
THANKH YOU BROTHER
You're very welcome, do let me know if I've missed anything important!
I love the Chechens, they are so unique that they cannot be compared to other Muslims🥰🥰
A special breed indeed! If you would like to learn a little more about their homeland, I made a video on the Republic of Chechnya as well which you can check out here: ua-cam.com/video/iDhTEmPQjyo/v-deo.html.
Alternatively, if you would like to learn a little more and neighbouring Ingushetia (sometimes considered the ethnic kin of the Chechens) please check out the link here: ua-cam.com/video/V3kPolySwX8/v-deo.html
@@allaboutrussia2022 i hav all ready saw it, nearly all of your videos, yesterday :-)
Chechen fighters are supreme..
Please consider doing a vid on the Tatars!
I eventually will, but as I am working through the ethnic groups alphabetically....I may be some time!
@@allaboutrussia2022 Thank you so much!!
I don't know how I didn't get informed about this video release I figured out just now that I forgot to hit the bell button anyways here's a shout out to you Andrew!
Thank you, hope you found it useful.
@@allaboutrussia2022 I did so indeed,Andrew!
Nice! Good job. You deserve way more views and subs. Keep it up.
Maybe try to interview, get info from, or something from a local for the next one. It would be interesting, ask the some questions that are harder to get from research. It's a cool thing Geography Now does
It's a really good thought, perhaps as the channel grows I'll be able to do so :)
Hello, I'd like to mention that you're one of my favorite channels. Such good information in a really digestible format 😀 If you need any ideas, could you do the Kurgan Oblast next? You could discuss how the original peoples there invaded most of Eurasia. No pressure though lol
Aha! I will certainly be getting tot he Kurgan Oblast, but it may be some time!
This is a garbage channel funded by fsb
Ever thought about ancient connection to the basque people..names an physical traits very similar as well an the symbol u show in ur video.. jus a thought videos great
I can't imagine they're connected based on iconography alone. Glad you enjoyed it though!
Thank you for your explanations of all the ethnic people of Russia. It so interesting!
I'm glad you found the video interesting. I'm planning on covering many more of the ethnic groups of the Russian Federation, so keep posted!
teip is pronounced tape not tip
Apologies, I suspected my pronunciation was off when I was editing...but by then it was too late! I hope you were still able to enjoy the video and garnered some worth from it.
and am the from the ones who had to leave to jordan.
Oh, wow! I hope you found the video useful - do let me know if I've missed anything important out!
Hi
Absolutely wrong about sufism being discouraged in Chechnya, Kadyrov and almost all Chechens are Qadiri sufis, specifically the Kunta Hajji branch .......yes Salafis are actively persecuted, but sufism is very much a part of Chechen society, especially sufi zikr gatherings, and Kadyrov wholeheartedly supports and promotes sufism, especially Qadiri tariqa, Kunta Hajji branch
Thank you for this bit of information. It's a really interesting point as from what I had read, the Islam promoted by Kadyrov was so divergent from Sufiism in the rest of the world as to be regarded as 'folk-Islam' by some observers.
Happy to be corrected! :)
have you been to chechnya? do you know chechens? I am a Chechen and I don’t know more than one young Sufi Chechen. You are cowards of Muslim countries from the side when they killed us, and now you have decided to divide which of us is Sufi and who is Sunni?
@@HASUHA4439 my friend, I was simply commenting on this guy's video, no I haven't been to Chechnya, all I know about Chechnya is what I've read, I never said anything about sunni and sufi, I said many Chechens we're sufi, if I was wrong I'm sorry, and I said salafis were persecuted by the government, again if I was wrong I apologize, but please, Thiers no need to call me names
@@hassanshayth1726 it's okay if you don't know the situation in Chechnya. but you don't need to tell this to all people, because many brothers from different countries can read your comments and think negatively about the Chechens. before there was no internet and the country of the USSR closed all the borders, killed all the imams and launched their agents began to promote Sufism. but as soon as the USSR collapsed, Sunism returned to Chechnya and now Sufis are mostly old people. and so they can follow in Chechnya and even a Sufi and a Sunni without a difference...
@@hassanshayth1726 I apologize for my rudeness. it’s just that when we had a war, more than one Muslim country did not help us. for that you know what all the Muslim countries did when we expelled the Russians? did not recognize us as a country, calling us an internal affair of Russia and directly stating that they are against separatism and Chechnya should be part of Russia. only Afghanistan recognized us as a state. These are our Muslim brothers. and yes, when there was a war in Chechnya like today in Ukraine, apart from Turkey and Pakistan, there was not even one rally. therefore, it is very disappointing for us when other Muslims begin to condemn us or something else. I hope you understand what I mean.
Hi first
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The real Chechens are 30% of them lol. Lot’s of them are Ingushes and Dagestani
о чеченцах говорить весь мир ,а об будгушах никто знать не знает ..великие «воины» фалгушетии и два дня с осетинами не продержались 🤣
Будгуш
@@HASUHA4439 царн юкъахь индусашах тер нах бу цун дер бах ас
@@user-pe8jm4um8w царн юкьех мил вуьцу ахь?
@@HASUHA4439 цу видео т1ехь
Chechens appeared in the Caucasus only 250 years ago in the form of a Russian project to divide the world's oldest Ingush (or Ghalghay) people into parts. Thus, Chehen is a baby tribe compared to other nations.
The formation of the Chechen tribes took place in 3 stages:
1) Migration in the 16th century of some Ingush (or Ghalghay) teips (i.e.tribes) to the East, where they began to be called Loamaroy or Tavlintsy in Kumyk. This place is called Ichkeria in Turkic (Vedenskaya and Nozhai-Yurt regions of modern Chechnya).
2) The migration of the Avars to the West in the 17th century and the foundation by the Avar Khan Turlov of the village of Chechen-aul (Chachan) - the capital of his Avar Khanate - south of modern Grozny. The settlement of the region by Cossacks, Kumyks, mountain Jews (tats) Avars, deserted Russian soldiers, Nogais, Georgians, Circassians. They began to be called Chachans.
3) Descent from the mountains of the Ingush-Loamara (Tavlintsy) and their mixing with the Chachans of the plane. At the same time, fugitives and criminals from all over the world are being accepted into the Chachan society following Chechen custom of “Stubina vosh”, including Russians and Cossacks, who get chechenized over time. As a result, today we have modern Chechens.
Next comes the chechenization of these peoples, largely due to the promiscuity of tsarist officials and generals, who called everyone by this name indiscriminately for their own convenience. The fact is that the name "Ingush" in the 18th century has not yet taken root, and the name "G1alg1ay" is difficult to pronounce in Russian and European languages. The word "Chechen" is easy to pronounce. For this banal reason, the Russians began to call the Ingush (or Ghalghay) as Chechens. And as you know from the fable about the lion, if you call a lion a donkey for a long time, then he will eventually start sounding like a donkey. This apparently happened to the Ingush (or Ghalghay) living in Ichkeria and on the territory of modern Achkhoi-Martan, Urus-Martan, Nadterechny, Itum-Kalinsky, Shatoisky, Sharoisky, Galay-Chozhsky and Grozny regions, which are the national territories of the Ingush (or Ghalghay). And modern Chechens are thus non-purebred Ingush (or Ghalghay). In fact, these are chechenized Ingush (or Ghalghay). The Chechenization of the Ingush continues to this day through the efforts of Russia.
Thank you for your post, there is a lot of information here. There are a couple of points I would like to raise:
1) I do actually appreciate the idea that the division of the Ingush and Chechens are part of Russian machinations (and from a purely linguistic view, this is 100% true - both exonyms deriving from villages associated with each peoples). However, I would argue that the nation-building of the 19th centuries onward has left a distinct difference between them (though there are tonnes of similarities). I think a good comparison here might be Serbians and Montenegrins - a shared language, shared history but recent politic developments away from each other.
2) I came across the Avar theory but did not put a lot of stock into it as the basis seems a fairly loose linguistic connection and did not account for the wider use of 'Che' prefixes.
Nevertheless, thank you - it was a fascinating read!
@@allaboutrussia2022
Thank you for your positive attitude. Normally, I would expect to hear a foul language and even curses to my address. Your way of thinking is no surprise to me. You will not find truth in official sources and even in non-official ones. Stalin (an ossetian jew from Georgia, out of marriage son of Keke Djugashvili) has deported Ingush, gifted Ingushetia to his fellow ossetian jews, and used the powerfull USSR state propaganda machine to delete every mention of Ingush (Ghalghay). The damage has been enormous. After chechen treachery of Ingush in 2018, many Ingush have removed the rosy glasses and admitted the truth - chechen are traitors and not brothers. During USSR period Ingushetia was divided between chechen and ossetians. I was a child when in the school both russian and chechen teachers have been inculcating in my child's brains that Ingush have no history, that we are merely a piece of chechen that russians took out of "ancient" chechen people. The truth was the opposite to that. Chechen is a baby society, not a nation, artificially created by russian tsars. It turns out that Ingush nation is the most ancient nation on Earth as well as Ingush language, which is a key to the ancient worlds.
I recommend you this UA-cam channel. It has some videos in English.
ua-cam.com/users/IngHeart
@@ii4946 Thank you for the video recommendations, always happy to learn a little more. Are you still in Ingushetia? Or do you live elsewhere now?
@@allaboutrussia2022
Are you an FSB chekist troll? If yes, you should be aware that those who work in FSB are fecal matter.
You dream to much