How much is the area of ??Chechnya equivalent to China?

Chechnya has an area of ??approximately 17,300 square kilometers and a population of approximately 1.31 million (2020). The area of ??Chechnya is about the same as one of our prefecture-level administrative regions, and its population is the size of one of our small cities.

The Chechens are a long-term mixed race of mountain natives and outsiders in the northeastern Caucasus. They are fierce and aggressive, with fierce folk customs. With the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Chechens gradually became Islamic.

In the Russo-Turkish War between Russia and Turkey, Chechnya has always been at the forefront of both sides. Chechens sided with Turkey because of their religious beliefs. The hatred between Chechnya and Russia began at this time.

Russia originally had 85 first-level administrative regions:

Including the Republic of China, municipalities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures, autonomous regions, border regions, etc. Compared with the 34 provincial-level administrative regions in China and the 50 state-level administrative regions in the United States, Russia, with a population of only 146 million, obviously has too many first-level administrative regions. So after 2000, Russia reestablished the first-level administrative regions as federal administrative regions, and the previous first-level administrative regions were downgraded to second-level administrative regions.

In 1991, the Soviet Union disintegrated into 15 countries. The three Baltic countries: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Three Transcaucasian countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. The three East Slavic countries: Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Plus a Moldova.