The first and only Chechen language course available in English
Chechen is spoken by over 1.4 million people in the Chechen Republic, and a large diaspora in Russia, Europe, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan and Turkey
A key resource for students, interpreters, government and NGO workers
12 chapters include dialogues, vocabulary, exercises and online MP3 audio files for free download
There are about 1000 Chechen Americans, with about 150 families living in Paterson, NJ and other significant communities in Boston, Washington, D.C., NYC and Los Angeles
Co-author John Lechner is also writing an expose of the Wagner group and Yevgeny Prigozhin to be published by Bloomsbury in 2024. He has appeared on several news shows and been quoted in articles an an expert on Wagner recently.
Co-author Kheda Garchakhanova co-founded "Chechen Courses," an online resource for learning Chechen available to English and French speakers. She will promote Beginner's Chechen via this business.