Chechen Republic ( ÄŒeÄenskaja Respublika; /Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (Russian: ЧечнÑÌ ÄŒeÄnja; Chechen: Ðохчийчоь/Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Nokhchiyn, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). It is located in the Northern Caucasus mountains, in the Southern Federal District. It borders Stavropol Krai to the northwest, the republic of Dagestan to the northeast and east, Georgia to the south, and the republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia to the west.