chechnya | |||
former unrecognized "de jure" state - part of russia | |||
chechnya's demand for independence from russia in 1992 led to an invasion by russian troops in 1994. fighting led to severe devastation of the area, and a series of cease-fires were negotiated and violated. a provisional peace treaty was signed in may 1997, and russian troops withdrew but returned in 1999 |
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language: logo script: body text: probably imported from: |
russian spencerian (and cyrillic) cyrillic . |