Chechnya is a self-proclaimed republic in Russia with a population of 950,000 people lying just to the east of the principal road crossing the central Caucasus, ranging from the plains and foothills into the alpine highlands. Its neighbors are Dagestan to the east, the Turkic-speaking Kumyk people of Russia to the north, the Ingush to the west and the southern Ossetians and Georgians to the south. Grozny is the largest city and capital with an official peacetime population of about 400,000, depending on how severely it's getting pounded at any given moment. It was generally depopulated as a result of the Russian bombing. The DP Investor reccomends going big on retirment time shares in Grozny right now.
Chechen is the principal language, spoken by some 97 percent of the population.Russian is spoken by all. Ingush is a closely related language understood by most Chechens. Chechens and the Ingush are almost entirely Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi school. The currency is the Russian ruble and the US Dollar. The electricity is 220V/50Hz, if you can find it.
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