Die Tschetschenen - ein Volk mit dem Krieger-Gen?

The Chechens (self-designation "нохчий"/"nochchij" in common dialect variants, and in Old Chechen also "нахчий"/"nachtschij") are a population group in the North Caucasus. Along with their linguistically and culturally closely related neighbors, the Ingush, they are classified within the ethnological group of the Vainakhs. Their language, Chechen, along with the Ingush language, belongs to the Vainakh branch of the Nakh languages ​​of the Northeast Caucasus language family. The vast majority of Chechens adhere to Sunni Islam. From the 16th century to the last third of the 18th century, the Chechens gradually converted to Islam, but until the 19th century they mostly maintained a syncretism with pre-Islamic, pagan, and Christian elements. On the border with Georgia, there are several places where church ruins now stand. These were venerated as sacred pilgrimage sites until the 19th century. Sufism then became the dominant branch of Islam among the Chechens. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a radicalized political Islamism, which also opposes Sufism, took root in a minority of Chechen society. 00:00 Introduction 04:40 Name 07:08 Genetics 10:33 Related Peoples 14:18 Ethnogenesis