All-National Congress of the Chechen People

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
Founder	Dzhokhar Dudayev
Founded	1 May 1990; 34 years ago (1 May 1990)
Dissolved	22 April 1996; 28 years ago (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.

See also

• Politics of Chechnya

References

1. Galina M. Yemelianova (December 16, 2009). Radical Islam in the Former Soviet Union. Taylor & Francis. p. 63. ISBN 9781135182861. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. 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.
3. Tracey C. German (February 6, 2003). Russia's Chechen War. Taylor & Francis. p. 176. ISBN 9781134432493. Retrieved 5 January 2022.