... 1944], 400,000 Chechen and Inguish people "almost the entire population "were rounded up and deported, mostly to Kazakhstan. 30-50% of them are estimated to have died within the year "one of the most devastating incidents of ethnic cleansing in the 20th century- (Chechnya Time Trail). They were finally allowed to return to their homeland thirteen years later, but still under ... 15,000 square kilometers. Chechnya is within 100 kilometers of the Caspian Sea and this is Russia's only link to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Also, crucial Russian oil and pipeline connections with neighbo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 1944], 400,000 Chechen and Inguish people "almost the entire population "were rounded up and deported, mostly to Kazakhstan. 30-50% of them are estimated to have died within the year "one of the most devastating incidents of ethnic cleansing in the 20th century- (Chechnya Time Trail). They were finally allowed to return to their homeland thirteen years later, but still under ... 15,000 square kilometers. Chechnya is within 100 kilometers of the Caspian Sea and this is Russia's only link to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Also, crucial Russian oil and pipeline connections with neighbo...

• Word Count: 4426
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: Undergraduate