The two suspects in the Boston marathon bombings are reportedly from Chechnya . Here's what you need to know about the war-torn region in southwest Russia.
This is Chechnya, a region of Russia more than 1,000 miles south of Moscow.
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In 2010, CNN estimated the population there to be between 600,000 and 800,000.
But that number is in flux due to displacement from violence in the region. Many Chechens have been displaced to refugee camps like this one, north of the city of Magas.
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The population is made up mostly of Sunni Muslims and Russian Orthodox Christians.
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