The Republic of Chechnya is located on the north slope of the Caucasus mountain region.
Not too many people consider Russia to be an enemy although many would consider Russia to at least be a competitor. The Chechnya separatists are enemies of Russia.
All regions that wanted to become sovereign nations got the chance to do so in the 1990's, when the Soviet Union fell apart. The regions that stayed in and that today form Russia are generally speaking happy to be part of it. The only exception is Chechnya, which after two bloody wars with Russia was reunited with Russia by a plebiscite that probably was rigged.
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The mountainous area is cooler that the lowland area.
This requires a fairly long explanation. But, here are the highlights: After Boris Yeltsin allowed the collapse of the Soviet Union the Soviet Republics declared their independence. But, Chechnya was not considered a Soviet Republic. Rather it was a part of the Russian Federation of republics. But, they hated Russia and declared their independence too. Yeltsin feared the secession of Chechnya would prompt a me-too of independence movements within the vast Russian Federation. In addition he hoped to recover Chechnya's valuable oil resources.
Samaria was the name of mountainous region in ancient Palestine. That region today is known as the West Bank.
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The Ukraine was called the breadbasket of the Russian Empire, and of the Soviet Union. Now that it is independent, Ukraine would be called the breadbasket of the region surrounding Russia.
=Actually, Siberia is just a region IN Russia. It did, in fact, stand behind itself!=
Is a mountainous region in Georgia that also has vallys. Water sources would include groundwater and nearby water such as coosawatee river.
The mountainous regions that have been glaciated, the valleys are no longer narrow. The ice modifies the valley in three ways: the glacier widens, deepens, and straightens the valley.