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History

Main article: History of Chechnya

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History of Chechnya
Prehistory
Kura–Araxes culture Kayakent culture Kharachoi culture Koban culture Maykop culture
Ancient
Cimmerians Alans
Medieval
Alania Sarir Simsir
Early modern
"Ichkerian" Era Caucasian Imamate Russian Empire
Modern
Mountain Republic 1917–1920 North Caucasian Emirate 1919–1920 Chechen National Okrug 1920–1922 Chechen Autonomous Oblast 1922–1934 Chechen–Ingush Aut. Oblast 1934–1936 Chechen–Ingush ASSR 1936–1944 Grozny Oblast 1944–1957 Chechen–Ingush ASSR 1957–1991 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1991–2000 Chechen Republic 2000–present
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Origin of Chechnya's population

Main article: Vainakh origin hypotheses

According to Leonti Mroveli, the 11th-century Georgian chronicler, the word Caucasian is derived from the Vainakh ancestor Kavkas.^[22]
According to George Anchabadze of Ilia State University

The Vainakhs are the ancient natives of the Caucasus. It is noteworthy, that according to the genealogical table drawn up by Leonti Mroveli, the legendary forefather of the Vainakhs was "Kavkas", hence the name Kavkasians, one of the ethnicons met in the ancient Georgian written sources, signifying the ancestors of the Chechens and Ingush. As appears from the above, the Vainakhs, at least by name, are presented as the most "Caucasian" people of all the Caucasians (Caucasus – Kavkas – Kavkasians) in the Georgian historical tradition.^[23][24]

American linguist Johanna Nichols "has used language to connect the modern people of the Caucasus region to the ancient farmers of the Fertile Crescent" and her research suggests that "farmers of the region were proto-Nakh-Daghestanians." Nichols stated: "The Nakh–Dagestanian languages are the closest thing we have to a direct continuation of the cultural and linguistic community that gave rise to Western civilization." Henry Harpending, University of Utah, supports her claims.^[25]