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The following web pages have been consulted for insight into the Chechen conflict.  Please be aware that some sites may be biassed; no one site should be consulted for answers to specific questions.  We do not support any of the sites listed below by posting them on our web site, we simply feel they may aid in a better understanding of this very real conflict.  Many of these sights contain links to images that are extremely graphic and not suitable for viewing by a young audience, as they depict all aspects of the war.  Please keep this in mind.
 

   "Chechnya," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2000
   http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This site provides the basic history and facts pertaining to Chechnya and the Chechen conflict.  It is a great site for information on the geography, history, and culture of Chechnya.

The Chechen Constitution
This site provides a full English text copy of the Chechen Constitution.

www.amina.com
This site provides information about the current conflict in Chechnya.  It offers information on the culture of Chechnya, a basic overview of the conflict, pictures, information on the human rights violation charges, and other information.

www.chechengovernment.com
This is the official web site of the Chechen government.  It offers contact information to Chechnya's governmental agencies while offering official documents available for pubic viewing.

www.ichkeria.org
This site provides information about the current conflict as well as links to news reports dealing with the most recent actions revolving around the war.  This is also a great site for pictures.

http://www.ciriello.com/55whocares1.html
This site has a vast array of pictures from the Chechen Conflict, most of which are in black and white.

The following sources were consulted but are not available online; they are available only in print form.

Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communites.  New York, NY:  Verso, 1991.

Hobsbawn, Eric. Nations and Nationalism Since 1780.  Great Britain:  University Press, Cambridge, 1997.

Walker, Edward W.  "Islam in Chechnya."  University California, Berkley:  Berkley-Stanford Conference, 1998.*
*This is a summary of a talk given on March 13, 1998 by BPS's Executive Director (on leave 1997-98) at the Berkley-Stanford Converence, "Religion and Spirituality in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union."



 
 

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The following web pages have been developed by our fellow classmates and deal with other conflicts around the world.  These sites have also been developed for the purpose of teaching middle school students about the world in which we live, and how identity plays a role in the development of the conflicts.

www.unc.edu/~martinmc
This web site addresses the current conflict in Spain...

www.unc.edu/~ccox
This web site offers information on the current war between Britain and Northern Ireland...

www.unc.edu/~tsiu
This web site provides an in depth look at the conflict in Africa between the Hutus and Tutsis....

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This web site focuses on the role that the South plays in the United States, and addressed the question of whether the South is a distinct, individual region of the US.
 
 
 

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