The Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, or Chechen–Ingush ASSR (Chechen: Нохч-ГІалгІайн Автономнин Совецки Социалистически Республика; Ingush: Нохч-ГІалгІайн Автономнин Советски Социалистически Республика; Russian: Чече́но-Ингу́шская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика) was an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Grozny.
As of 1979 census, its territory was 19,300 km² and population of 1,155,805 (1979 Census): 611,405 being Chechens, 134,744 Ingushes, the rest being Russians and other ethnic groups.
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