Declaration of Sovereignty of the Chechen Republic
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The Decree of Sovereignty of the Chechen Republic[1] (Russian: УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА ЧЕЧЕНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОМ СУВЕРЕНИТЕТЕ ЧЕЧЕНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ) was a formal declaration of independence for the autonomous Soviet Republic of Checheno-Ingush ASSR.[2] Between 1991 and 2000 Chechnya was de facto an independent state. The declaration was issued on 1 November 1991, by the head of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People, Dzokhar Dudayev.