United, independent Muslim north caucasus?

At any point after the WW2 deportations--completely impossible. After the deportees came back there were many cases in which ethnic group A occupied areas formerly occupied by group B, and since Group A got back first Group B couldn't displace them. Chechnya and Ingushetia just had a months-long legal brawl over land apportionment, which Chechnya has largely won (it will soon be annexing portions of Ingushetia). This has been met with large protests in Ingushetia's major cities. Chechnya also has a running conflict with Dagestan over the Novolaksky District. And then, of course, there's the Ingush-Osssetian conflict, triggered over overlapping claims that first arose during the chaotic 1920s, when the Soviets wanted control and supported whatever faction offered to cooperate.

The 20th century hasn't been kind to the area, and as groups struggled for survival they antagonized each other quite a bit. A sense of Caucasian confederal unity would have to either arise in the 1700s or 1800s and then remain, or never arise at all.
 
a bit unrealistic but whatever: USSR somehow makes it to the late 21st century, central asians as plurality, possible majority in ussr's overall population. would that count?
 
Could it be possible for a country consisting of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia to gain independence from Russia post 1900 and stay united to 2019?

Now, a lot of you might say it would fall apart beause of linguistic differences and mountainous geography. To which I say, look at Switzerland. Many languages, very mountainous. Yet it had a strong sense of united national identity, and it is a very well functioning country over all. Granted, Dagestan alone has more languages than Switzerland, but I still think something can be worked out.
Maybe the North Caucasus ASSR had never been dissolved ( Butterflyer Stalin's actions. After end of USSR, the North Caucasian ASSR becomes an independent country like the rest.
 
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