A Chechen woman displaced by the fighting in 1994 which resulted in the destruction of her town. Today in Chechnya, things in the government are relatively stable. There's little chance for collapse since Russia is still largely in control of the country. However, this also means that Chechnya has little opportunity to gain independence. With Russia's massive military, Chechnya stands no chance of gaining independence, which has been shown in the Chechen Wars. |
Ukraine is a country that has also been dealing with Russia, but something different is happening. Russia already owns Chechnya and has previously put down its attempts to become independent. Ukraine, however, is an independent country that Russia is ruthlessly trying to take over. Ukraine is still fighting to maintain its independence while Chechnya has already lost most of
its. This is based on the Current Event article "Orlando Figes on Crimea" http://tinyurl.com/WH210-218RussiaUkraine |
Most revolutions resulted in the Russian army coming in and stopping the revolution in an extremely brutal way. Except for the latest war, no fighting has actually resulted in independence, and even the most recent still left Russia partially in control. However, it should still be considered a revolution since Chechnya went from being an oppressed part of Russia with no independence to a mostly independent region connected to Russia. The main goal of the revolutions was to gain independence, even if it isn't full independence, Chechnya is far more independent than it was preceding the war.