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Chechenize
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English
Etymology
From en Chechen -ize.
Verb
en transitive To render Chechen, to assimilate into Chechen language or culture.
en 2001 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24590175 The Brown Journal of World Affairs Stephen Shenfield 8 1 Chechnya at a Turning Point 67 There are to be small local garrisons deployed in about two hundred towns and villages; these are to be supported by the local Chechen militia under Kadyrov's control, the strength of which is to be increased from 5,000 to 15,000 men. At the same time, in an effort to “Chechenize” the conflict and win over Chechen hearts and minds, the prerogatives of Kadyrov's administration are to be broadened.
en 2009 2014 Muslims and Communists in Post-Transition States 10.1080/13523270802655621 9781317995395 Taylor & Francis Assessing Unholy Alliances in Chechnya: From Communism and Nationalism to Islamism and Salafism Cermyn Moore; Paul Tumelty New York 128 https://www.google.de/books/edition/Muslims_and_Communists_in_Post_Transitio/IT_JBQAAQBAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=%22Chechenized%22&pg=PT128&printsec=frontcover Capitalizing on the dynamic between traditional Sufi Islam and its Salafi opposition, Moscow has successfully Chechenized the conflict since the 2000s.
en 2023 237 https://www.google.de/books/edition/State_Building_as_Lawfare/JLGqEAAAQBAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=%22Chechenized%22&pg=PA237&printsec=frontcover State-Building as Lawfare. Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya Cambridge University Press Egor Lazarev 9781009245937 while the First War was a clear conflict between Chechen secessionists and the Russian federal center, the Second War was “Chechenized” by the Kremlin.
Related terms
en Chechenization
Translations
to make or render Chechen
Finnish: fi tehdä tšetšeeniläiseksi
German: de tschetschenisieren
Polish: pl czeczenizować impf rare
Russian: ru чеченизи́ровать