Chechen Republic

State · 1992–2005 CE · at its largest around 1992 CE

The separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the North Caucasus, which declared independence from Russia after the Soviet collapse. Two devastating wars followed, and Russia re-established control in the early 2000s.

On its lands while it lasted

First Chechen War (1994–1996 CE): Russia fought separatists of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria from 1994 to 1996; the Battle of Grozny devastated the city. A second war began in 1999.