The All-National Congress of the Chechen People (NCChP) of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria came to power on 1 November 1991 under president Dzhokhar Dudayev, a former commander of the Soviet air force base in Tartu, Estonia. Since its formation, the organization advocated sovereignty for Chechnya as a separate republic within the Soviet Union. During the period of Soviet breakup, it switched this to explicit support for the separation of "Ichkeria" from Russia.[1]
All-National Congress of the Chechen People Общенациональный конгресс чеченского народа | |
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| Founder | Dzhokhar Dudayev |
| Founded | 1 May 1990 |
| Dissolved | 22 April 1996 |
| Ideology | Chechen nationalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| International affiliation | Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization |
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On 7 September 1991, the NCChP National Guard seized government buildings and the radio and television center. They stormed a session of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR Supreme Soviet, which caused the death of the Soviet Communist Party chief for Grozny, Vitali Kutsenko, who was either thrown out of a window or fell trying to escape, and effectively dissolved the government of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.[2][3] Between 1991 and 2000 Chechnya was de facto an independent state.
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edit- ^ Galina M. Yemelianova (December 16, 2009). Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN 9781135182861. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Matthew Evangelista (May 13, 2004). The Chechen Wars Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union?. Brookings Institution Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780815724971. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Tracey C. German (February 6, 2003). Russia's Chechen War. Taylor & Francis. p. 176. ISBN 9781134432493. Retrieved 5 January 2022.