This comparison is inappropriate in this case. People from the North Caucasus is too far behind in the culture.
In fact, they have primitive tribal system. Their women have no rights. These people are not able to impose their culture or history of another country.
And if I'm not mistaken, Yeltsin gave freedom for Chechnya on probation in four years. This check Chechnya could not stand it, attacking Dagestan. Therefore Chechnya attached back. I am in favor of separating from Russia throughout the Caucasus with these aggressive highlanders. But then, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan became a powerful terrorist base.