Crimea is in Ukraine.
Chechnya? I’ll need to read up...
Its people are largely Muslim and fiercely independent, and the region has been a constant irritant to its Russian and Soviet rulers.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yeltsin-orders-russian-forces-into-chechnya
That would explain my lack of interest.
But it was a separate op, thats why I said territory.