Chechen diaspora

The Chechen diaspora (Chechen: Нохчийн диаспора) is a term used to collectively describe the communities of Chechen people who live outside of Chechnya; this includes Chechens who live in other parts of Russia. There are also significant Chechen populations in other subdivisions of Russia (especially in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Moscow Oblast).

Outside Russia, Chechens mainly descendants of people who had to leave Chechnya during the 19th century Caucasian War (which led to the annexation of Chechnya by the Russian Empire) and the 1944 Stalinist deportation to the Soviet Central Asia in the case of Kazakhstan. More recently, tens of thousands of Chechen refugees settled in the European Union and elsewhere as the result of the First and Second Chechen Wars, especially in the wave of emigration to the West after 2002.

Geography

Distribution of Chechens in Russia, 2010

Statistics by country

Country	Official figures	%	Current est. Chechen population	Further information
Russia	1,431,360 (2010 census)	1%	—	—
Turkey	12,626 (1965 census, Chechen speakers)	0.04%	Approx. 100,000	Chechens in Turkey
France	N/A	N/A	approx. 30,000	—
Kazakhstan	31,974 (2013 annual statistics)	0.2%	—	—
Austria	N/A	N/A	approx. 25,000	—
Belgium	N/A	N/A	approx. 17,000	—
Jordan	N/A	N/A	approx. 15,000	—
Germany	N/A	N/A	approx. 12,000	—
Egypt	N/A	N/A	approx. 5,000	—
Syria	N/A	N/A	approx. 4,000	—
Ukraine	2,877 (2001 census)	0.01%	—	—
Kyrgyzstan	1,900 (2009 census)	0%	—	—
Georgia	1,271 (2002 census)	0%	—	—
Uzbekistan	1,006 (1989 census)	0.01%	—	—
Denmark	N/A	N/A	approx. 1,000	—
Finland	556 (2014 annual statistics, Chechen speakers)	0.01%	—	—
Azerbaijan	456 (1989 census)	0.01%	—	—
Turkmenistan	376 (1995 census)	0.01%	—	—
Poland	338 (2011 census)	0%	—	—
Belarus	265 (2009 census)	0%	—	—
Armenia	227 (1989 census)	0.01%	—	—
Latvia	207 (2014 annual statistics)	0%	—	—
Moldova	150 (1989 census)	0%	—	—
Tajikistan	128 (2010 census)	0%	—	—
Lithuania	72 (1989 census)	0%	—	—
Estonia	51 (2011 census)	0%	—	—

See also

• Chechen refugees
• Chechen American
• Circassians in Iraq (including Chechens)

External links

• Refugees and Diaspora (Chechnya Advocacy Network)

• Chechnya's Exodus to Europe, North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 9 Issue: 3, The Jamestown Foundation, January 24, 2008
• Heinz Kloss & Grant McConnel, Linguistic composition of the nations of the world, vol,5, Europe and USSR, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1984, ISBN 2-7637-7044-4
• Kristiina Markkanen: Chechen refugee came to Finland via Baku and Istanbul
• Refworld | Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Chechens to Flee to Europe
• Қазақстан Республикасы Статистика агенттігі. ҚАЗАҚСТАННЫҢ ЭТНОДЕМОГРАФИЯЛЫҚ ЖЫЛНАМАЛЫҒЫ ЭТНОДЕМОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ ЕЖЕГОДНИК КАЗАХСТАНА 2013
• Tschetschenen in Österreich: Immer mehr ändern den Namen > Kleine Zeitung (German)
• Tschetschenen in Österreich: Immer mehr ändern den Namen > Kleine Zeitung (German)
• Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures, Event Report, Caspian Studies Program