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Chechnya (sh) and initiation (iou)


Chechnya (sh)




Republic, southwestern Russia.

Part of the Chechen-Ingush autonomous republic of the former U.S.S.R., it became a republic within Russia in 1992, as did Ingushetia. It is populated mainly by Chechens, a Muslim ethnolinguistic group. Chechnya's demand for independence from Russia in 1992 led to an invasion by Russian troops in 1994. Fighting led to severe devastation of the area, and a series of cease-fires were negotiated and violated. A provisional peace treaty was signed in May 1997, and Russian troops withdrew but returned in 1999; heavy fighting resumed. In 2003 a new constitution was approved that devolved greater powers to the Chechen government but kept the republic in the federation. The capital, Grozny (pop., 2002 est.: 223,000), a major oil centre with pipelines to the Caspian and Black seas, received heavy damage in the fighting.


initiation (iou)



initiation noun. L16.
[Latin initiatio(n-) (in sense 2 in medieval Latin), formed as INITIATE verb: see -ATION.]
Formal introduction with due ceremonies or rites into a society, position, or (secret) knowledge; instruction in the elements of a subject or practice; an instance of this. L16.
initiation ceremony, initiation rite, etc.
L. van der Post The long night of the initiation of the Esquire into Knighthood. J. Viorst The recognition that others have..claims upon her love is our initiation into jealousy.
The action or an act of beginning or originating something; the fact of being begun; commencement, origination. M17.