History of Chechens in the Russian Empire

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History of Chechnya
Prehistory
Kura–Araxes culture Maykop culture Kayakent culture Kharachoi culture Koban culture
Ancient
Durdzuks Cimmerians Alans
Medieval
Alania Simsim
Early modern
Ichkeria Caucasian Imamate Russian Empire
Modern
Mountain Republic 1917–1921 North Caucasian Emirate 1919–1920 Chechen National Okrug 1920–1922 Chechen Autonomous Oblast 1922–1934 Checheno-Ingush Aut. Oblast 1934–1936 Checheno-Ingush ASSR 1936–1944 Grozny Oblast 1944–1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR 1957–1991 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1991–2000 Chechen Republic 2000–present
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Chechnya was first incorporated as a whole into the Russian Empire in 1859 after the decades-long Caucasian War. Tsarist rule was marked by a transition into modern times, including the formation (or re-formation) of a Chechen bourgeoisie, the emergence of social movements, reorientation of the Chechen economy towards oil, heavy ethnic discrimination at the expense of Chechens and others in favor of Russians and Kuban Cossacks, and a religious transition among the Chechens towards the Qadiri tariqa of Sufism.