[9급 지방직 영어 2013년 8번]

A Caucasian territory ① whose inhabitants have resisted Russian rule almost since its beginnings in the late 18th century has been the center of the incessant political turmoil. It was eventually pacified by the Russians only in 1859, ② though sporadic uprisings continued until the collapse of Tsarist Russia in 1917. Together with Ingushnya, it formed part of the Soviet Union as an Autonomous Soviet Republic within Russian from 1936. Continuing uprising against Russian/Soviet rule, ③ the last was in 1934, caused the anger of Stalin. In retaliation, he dissolved Chechnyan autonomy in 1944, and ordered the deportation of the ethnic Chechnyan population to Central Asia, in which half of the population died. They were not allowed ④ to return to their homeland until 1957, when Khrushchev restored an autonomous status for Chechnya.