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Grozny

Grozny[a] (Russian: Грозный, IPA: [ˈgroznɨj]; Chechen: Соьлжа-ГӀала, romanized: Sölƶa-Ġala)[15] is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.

Grozny
Грозный
Other transcription(s)
 • ChechenСоьлжа-ГӀала
Clockwise from the top, Kadyrov Square, Grozny City Towers at night, Vaynakh School of Dance, National Museum of the Chechen Republic, The Courtyard of Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque at night
Location of Grozny
Grozny
Location of Grozny
Grozny
Grozny (European Russia)
Grozny
Grozny (Europe)
Coordinates: 43°18′45″N 45°41′55″E / 43.31250°N 45.69861°E / 43.31250; 45.69861
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChechnya[1]
Founded1818[2]
City status since1869[2]
Government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies[3]
 • Mayor[5]Khas-Magomed Kadyrov[4]
Area
 • Total324.16 km2 (125.16 sq mi)
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 • Total271,573
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
297,137 (+9.4%)
 • Rank67th in 2010
 • Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Grozny[8]
 • Capital ofChechen Republic[9]
 • Capital ofcity of republic significance of Grozny[8]
 • Urban okrugGrozny Urban Okrug[10]
 • Capital ofGrozny Urban Okrug,[10] Groznensky Municipal District[11]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [12])
Postal code(s)[13]
364000, 364001, 364006, 364008, 364011, 364013–364018, 364020–364022, 364024, 364028–364031, 364034, 364035, 364037, 364038, 364040, 364042, 364043, 364046, 364047, 364049, 364051, 364052, 364058, 364060–364063, 364066, 364068, 364700, 366000
Dialing code(s)+7 8712
OKTMO ID96701000001
City DayOctober 5[14]
Websitegrozmer.ru

The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 271,573[6] — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 census,[16] but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989 census.[17] It was previously known as Groznaya (until 1870).[2]

Names edit

In Russian, "Grozny" means "fearsome", "menacing", or "redoubtable", the same word as in Ivan Grozny (Ivan the Terrible). While the official name in Chechen is the same, informally the city is known as "Соьлжа-Гӏала" ("Sölƶa-Ġala"), which literally means "the city (гӏала) on the Sunzha River (Соьлжа)".[citation needed]

In 1996, during the First Chechen War, the Chechen separatists renamed the city Dzhokhar-Ghala (Chechen: Джохар-ГӀала, Dƶoxar-Ġala), literally Dzhokhar City, or Dzhokhar/Djohar for short, after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.[citation needed] In December 2005, the Chechen parliament voted to rename the city "Akhmad-Kala" (after Akhmad Kadyrov)[18] – a proposition which was rejected by his son Ramzan Kadyrov, the prime minister and later president of the republic.[19]

History edit

Russian fort edit

The fortress of Groznaya (Гро́зная; lit. fearsome – a feminine form of Grozny, as the word fortress, "крепость", is feminine in Russian) was founded in 1818[2] as a Russian military outpost on the Sunzha River by general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. As the fort was being built, the workers were fired upon by the Chechens. The Russians found a solution by strategically positioning a cannon outside the city walls. When night fell and the Chechens came out of their hiding places to drag the gun away, all the other guns opened up with grapeshot. When the Chechens recovered their senses and began to carry away the bodies, the guns fired again. When it was over, 200 dead were counted. Thus did the "fearsome" fort receive its baptism of fire.[20] It was a prominent defense centre during the Caucasian War. Russian poets Alexander Griboedov, Alexander Polezhayev, Mikhail Lermontov, the classic of Russian literature Leo Tolstoy, the Decembrist and writer Alexander Bestuzhev and other famous figures of Russian culture visited the fortress. After the annexation of the region by the Russian Empire, the military use of the old fortress was obsolete and on 11 January 1870 [O.S. 30 December 1869] it was granted town status and renamed Grozny,[21] as the word town, "город", is masculine in Russian. As most of the residents there were Terek Cossacks, the town grew slowly until the development of oil reserves in the early 20th century. The founder of the Nobel prize, Alfred Nobel, took part in the development of the oil industry of the city of Grozny, as well as members of the Rothschild family. In addition to the Nobels and Rothschilds, British companies played an important role in the oil industry from 1893 onward. Alfred Stuart, an English engineer, completed the first well in Grozny by drilling in 1893 the largest oil field in the Caucasus region outside the Baku district.[22] Eleven firms drilled 116 wells before 1900. This encouraged the rapid development of industry and petrochemical production. In addition to the oil drilled in the city itself, the city became a geographical centre of Russia's network of oil fields, and in 1893 became part of the Transcaucasia–Russia-proper railway. The result was the population almost doubled from 15,600 in 1897 to 30,400 in 1913.[21] In early 1914, the then largest oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, was established in the city thus making Grozny one of the largest industrial centres of the Caucasus.[23] During the Russian Empire, the city was the administrative capital of the Groznensky Okrug of the Terek Oblast.

Soviet regional capital edit

One day after the October Revolution, on 8 November 1917, the Bolsheviks headed by N. Anisimov seized Grozny. As the Russian Civil War escalated, the Proletariat formed the 12th Red Army, and the garrison held out against numerous attacks by Terek Cossacks from 11 August to 12 November 1918. However, with the arrival of Denikin's armies, the Bolsheviks were forced to withdraw and Grozny was captured on 4 February 1919, by the White Army. Underground operations were carried out, but only the arrival of the Caucasus front of the Red Army in 1920 allowed the city to permanently end up with the Russian SFSR on 17 March. Simultaneously it became part of the Soviet Mountain Republic, which was formed on 20 January 1921, and was the capital of the Chechen National Okrug inside it.

 
Entrance sign, built in Soviet-times

On 30 November 1922, the mountain republic was dissolved, and the national okrug became the Chechen Autonomous Oblast (Chechen AO) with Grozny as the administrative centre. At this time most of the population was still Russian, but of Cossack descent. As Cossacks were viewed as a potential threat to the Soviet nation, Moscow actively[citation needed] encouraged the migration of Chechens into the city from the mountains. In 1934 the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast was formed, becoming the Chechen-Ingush ASSR in 1936.

Due to its oil, Grozny with Maikop were the main strategic objectives of the German Fall Blau operation in summer of 1942 (See Battle of the Caucasus).

The failure to take Grozny was a major defeat for Germany and was a factor in holding fast at the Battle of Stalingrad, as that city could have served as a base from which to take Grozny or cut off oil supplies up the Volga River from Astrakhan. The failure to prioritize Grozny, even transferring critical Panzer divisions north to the Siege of Leningrad, was a major factor in Adolf Hitler taking operational level control of the Wehrmacht from his generals who had repeatedly prioritized the two major cities over the oil supplies – against Hitler's express orders. Soviet doctrine however never failed to prioritize the food of Ukraine nor the oil of the Caucasus, which resulted in drastic action after Germany's expulsion/retreat in 1943.

In 1944, the entire population of Chechens and Ingush was deported after being falsely accused of collaborating with advancing armed forces of Nazi Germany. Large numbers of people who were not deemed fit for transport were "liquidated" on the spot,[24] and the adverse situation with transport and the stay in Siberia caused many deaths as well.[25][26] According to internal NKVD data, a total of 144,704 died in 1944–1948 alone (death rate of 23.5% per all groups).[27] Authors such as Alexander Nekrich, John Dunlop and Moshe Gammer, based on census data from the period estimate a death toll of about 170,000–200,000 among Chechens alone,[28][29][30][31] thus ranging from over a third of the total Chechen population that was deported to nearly half dying during those four years (rates for other groups for those four years hover around 20%). All traces of them in the city, including books[32] and graveyards,[33] were destroyed by the NKVD troops. The act was recognized by the European Parliament as an act of genocide in 2004.[34]

Grozny became the administrative centre of Grozny Oblast of the Russian SFSR, and the city at the time was again wholly Russian. In 1957, the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, and the Chechens were allowed to return. The return of the Chechens to Grozny, which had been lacking of Nakh for thirteen years, would cause massive disruptions to the social, economic and political systems of what had been a Russian city for the period until their return. This caused a self-feeding cycle of ethnic conflict between the two groups, both believing the other's presence in the city was illegitimate. Once again migration of non-Russians into Grozny continued whilst the ethnic Russian population, in turn, moved to other parts of the USSR, notably the Baltic states, after inter-ethnic conflict broke out briefly in 1958.

 
Soviet-era postage stamp with a view of Grozny's Avgustovskaya Street

According to sociologist Georgy Derluguyan, the Checheno-Ingush Republic's economy was divided into two spheres – much like French settler-ruled Algeria – and the Russian sphere had all the jobs with higher salaries,[35] while non-Russians were systematically kept out of all government positions. Russians (as well as Ukrainians and Armenians) worked in education, health, oil, machinery, and social services. Non-Russians (excluding Ukrainians and Armenians) worked in agriculture, construction, a long host of undesirable jobs, as well as the so-called "informal sector" (i.e. illegal, due to the mass discrimination in the legal sector).[35]

At the same time a great deal of development occurred in the city. Like many other Soviet cities, the Stalinist style of architecture was prevalent during this period, with apartments in the centre as well as administrative buildings including the massive Council of Ministers and the Grozny University buildings being constructed in Grozny. Later projects included the high-rise apartment blocks prominent in many Soviet cities, as well as a city airport. In 1989, the population of the city was almost 400,000 people.[36]

Collapse of Russian authority edit

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Grozny became the seat of a separatist government led by Dzhokhar Dudayev. According to some, many of the remaining Russian and other non-Chechen residents fled or were expelled by groups of militants, adding to a harassment and discrimination from the new authorities.[37] These events are perceived by some as an act of an ethnic cleansing of non-Chechens, which has been reflected in the materials of General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.[38][39]

This view is disputed by authors, such as Russian economists Boris Lvin and Andrei Illarionov, who argue that Russian emigration from the area was no more intense than in other regions of Russia at the time.[40] According to this view of the ethnic situation in Ichkeria, the primary cause of Russian emigration was the extensive bombing of Grozny (where four out of five, or nearly 200,000 Russians in Chechnya lived before the war) by the Russian military during the First Chechen War.[41]

The covert Russian attempts of overthrowing Dudayev by means of armed Chechen opposition forces resulted in repeated failed assaults on the city. Originally, Moscow had been backing the political opposition of Umar Avturkhanov [ru] "peacefully" (i.e. without supplying the opposition with weapons and encouraging them to try a coup). However, this changed in 1994, after the coups in neighbouring Georgia and Azerbaijan (both of which Moscow was involved with), when Russia encouraged armed opposition, and occasionally assisted. In August 1994 Avturkhanov attacked Grozny, but was repelled first by Chechen citizens who were then joined by Grozny government troops; Russian helicopters covered his retreat.[42] On 28 September, one of these helicopters was shot down and its Russian pilot was held as a prisoner-of-war by the Chechen government.[43] The last assault, on 26 November 1994, ended with capture of 21 Russian Army tank crew members[44] who had secretly been hired as mercenaries by the FSK (former KGB, not long after renamed FSB); their capture was sometimes cited as one of the reasons for Boris Yeltsin's decision to openly intervene. In the meantime, Grozny airport and other targets were bombed by unmarked Russian aircraft.

First Chechen War edit

During the First Chechen War, Grozny was the site of an intense battle lasting from December 1994 to February 1995 and ultimately ending with the capture of the city by the Russian military. Intense fighting and carpet bombing carried out by the Russian Air Force destroyed much of the city. Thousands of combatants on both sides died in the fighting, alongside civilians, many of whom were reportedly ethnic Russians; unclaimed bodies were later collected and buried in mass graves on the city outskirts. The main federal military base in Chechnya was located in the area of Grozny air base.[citation needed]

Chechen guerrilla units operating from nearby mountains managed to harass and demoralize the Russian Army by means of guerilla tactics and raids, such as the attack on Grozny in March 1996, which added to political and public pressure for a withdrawal of Russian troops. In August 1996, a raiding force of 1,500 to 3,000 militants recaptured the city in a surprise attack. They surrounded and routed its entire garrison of 10,000 MVD troops, while fighting off the Russian Army units from the Khankala base. The battle ended with a final ceasefire and Grozny was once again in the hands of Chechen separatists. The name was changed to Djohar in 1997 by the President of the separatist Ichkeria republic, Aslan Maskhadov. By this time most of the remaining Russian minority had fled.[45]

Second Chechen War edit

Grozny was once again the epicentre of fighting after the outbreak of the Second Chechen War, which further caused thousands of fatalities. During the early phase of the Russian siege on Grozny on 25 October 1999, Russian forces launched five SS-21 ballistic missiles at the crowded central bazaar and a maternity ward, killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds. During the massive shelling of the city that followed, most of the Russian artillery were directed toward the upper floors of the buildings; although this caused massive destruction of infrastructure, civilian casualties were much less than in the first battles.

The final seizure of the city was set in early February 2000, when the Russian military lured the besieged militants to a promised safe passage. Seeing no build-up of forces outside, the militants agreed.[citation needed] One day prior to the planned evacuation, the Russian Army mined the path between the city and the village of Alkhan-Kala and concentrated most firepower on that point. As a result, both the city mayor and military commander were killed; a number of other prominent separatist leaders were also killed or wounded. Afterwards, the Russians slowly entered the empty city and on 6 February raised the Russian flag in the centre. Many buildings and even whole areas of the city were systematically destroyed. A month later, it was declared safe to allow the residents to return to their homes, although demolition continued for some time. In 2003, the United Nations called Grozny the most destroyed city on Earth.[46]

After the wars edit

 
Panoramic view of Grozny from Grozny City Towers
 
Grozny in 2018

The federal government representatives of Chechnya are based in Grozny. Since 2003, the city has been rebuilt from scratch.[47] Out of several dozens of industrial enterprises, three have been partially rebuilt – the Grozny Machine-Building Factory, the Krasny Molot (Red Hammer) and Transmash factories.[48]

Although most of the city's infrastructure was destroyed during the war, the city's sewage, water, electricity and heating systems have since been repaired, along with 250 kilometers (160 mi) of roads, 13 bridges and some 900 shops.[49] Before the war, Grozny had about 79,000 apartments, and the city authorities expected to be able to restore about 45,000 apartments; the rest were in buildings that were completely destroyed.[50]

Railway connection was restored in 2005, and Grozny's airport was reopened in 2007 with three weekly flights to Moscow. In 2009 the IAC gave Grozny's Severny airport the international certificate after checking and evaluating the airport's airworthiness. On 16 November 2009, the airport had its first international flight, taking pilgrims on Hajj to Saudi Arabia via a Boeing 747.[51]

After four years of construction, the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque was formally opened to the public on 16 October 2008, and is one of the largest mosques in Europe.[49] In 2009, the city of Grozny was honoured by the UN Human Settlements Program for transforming the war-scarred city and providing new homes for thousands.[52]

Administrative and municipal status edit

Grozny is the capital of the republic.[9] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Grozny – an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[8] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Grozny is incorporated as Grozny Urban Okrug.[10] The city also serves as the administrative centre of Groznensky Municipal District,[11] but not of the corresponding administrative district.[1]

City divisions edit

For administrative purposes, the city is divided into four city districts: Akhmatovsky, Baysangurovsky, Visaitovsky, Sheikh-Mansurovsky.

Culture and education edit

 
Akhmat Arena

Grozny is known for its modern architecture and as a spa town and although nearly all the town was destroyed or seriously damaged during the Chechen Wars, it has since been entirely rebuilt. It is home to Chechen State University and FC Akhmat Grozny, which after a fifteen-year absence from its home town returned to Grozny in March 2008. Also in Grozny is Chechen State Pedagogical Institute and Grozny State Oil Technical University.

Transportation edit

Train edit

 
Grozny Railway station

The first train pulled into the Grozny Railway station on 1 May 1893.

Trams and trolleybuses edit

On 5 November 1932, the Grozny tram system was opened to the public, and by 1990 it was 85-kilometer (53 mi) long, with 107 new Russian-built KTM-5 trams that it received in the late 1980s, and two depots. The Grozny trolleybus system began operation on 31 December 1975, and by 1990 was approximately 60-kilometer (37 mi) long, with 58 buses and one depot. Both types of transport came under difficult pressure in the early 1990s, with frequent theft of equipment, staff not being properly paid and resultant strikes. A major planned trolleybus route extension to the airport was cancelled. With the outbreak of the First Chechen War both transport services stopped operation in November 1994. During the destructive battles, the tram tracks were blocked or damaged, and cars and buses were turned into barricades. The trolleybus system was luckier, as most of its equipment, including the depot, survived the war. In 1996 it was visited by specialists from the Vologda Trolleybus Company, who repaired some of the lines, with services planned to restart in 1997. However, after specialists left, most of the equipment was stolen. The surviving buses were transported to Volzhsky where they were repaired and used on the new trolleybus system there.

After the Second Chechen War, little of the infrastructure of either system was left. The Ministry of Transport of the Chechen Republic, created in 2002, decided not to rebuild the tram system (considered too expensive and no longer meeting the city's needs, as it had by then lost half of its population). Rebuilding of the trolleybus system, however, is still under consideration.

Airport edit

 
Grozny Airport

The city is served by Grozny Airport.

Sharing system edit

In 2018 the Delimobil car sharing company officially provided the capital of the Chechen Republic with 30 Hyundai Solaris. To drive the automobiles, the user has to book them through the app of the owning company.[53]

In the same year the Delisamokat provided the city with 120 electric scooters and some scooter stations.

Sports edit

 
The mascot of FC Akhmat Grozny

Grozny is home to Russian Football Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny. After winning promotion by coming 2nd in the Russian First Division in 2007, Akhmat Grozny finished 10th in the Russian Premier League in 2008. The team still plays in the top tier. The club is owned by Ramzan Kadyrov and plays in the recently built city's Akhmat Stadium. Ruud Gullit was the team manager from the beginning of the season 2011, but was later sacked by the club in June.

The city is also home to the Fort Grozny motor racing circuit, which opened in 2015.

Geography edit

The city is located along the Sunzha River, a major tributary of the Terek River. The city is located in a valley approximately 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the main range of the Greater Caucasus Mountains.

Climate edit

Grozny has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with hot summers and cold winters. Precipitation peaks during early summer, where sunshine hours also peak.

Climate data for Grozny (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1938–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.7
(60.3)
22.3
(72.1)
32.9
(91.2)
33.7
(92.7)
38.1
(100.6)
39.1
(102.4)
42.0
(107.6)
41.4
(106.5)
40.7
(105.3)
32.5
(90.5)
23.7
(74.7)
18.0
(64.4)
42.0
(107.6)
Average high °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1)
3.7
(38.7)
10.1
(50.2)
17.3
(63.1)
23.2
(73.8)
28.2
(82.8)
30.8
(87.4)
30.6
(87.1)
25.1
(77.2)
17.2
(63.0)
8.8
(47.8)
3.5
(38.3)
16.7
(62.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.5
(29.3)
−0.6
(30.9)
4.7
(40.5)
10.8
(51.4)
16.7
(62.1)
21.4
(70.5)
23.9
(75.0)
23.6
(74.5)
18.5
(65.3)
11.6
(52.9)
4.5
(40.1)
0.1
(32.2)
11.1
(52.0)
Average low °C (°F) −4.2
(24.4)
−3.7
(25.3)
0.8
(33.4)
5.7
(42.3)
11.5
(52.7)
15.9
(60.6)
18.2
(64.8)
17.9
(64.2)
13.4
(56.1)
7.3
(45.1)
1.4
(34.5)
−2.5
(27.5)
6.8
(44.2)
Record low °C (°F) −31.5
(−24.7)
−30.8
(−23.4)
−19.1
(−2.4)
−7.6
(18.3)
−3.1
(26.4)
5.6
(42.1)
9.2
(48.6)
5.0
(41.0)
−2.7
(27.1)
−9.6
(14.7)
−23.5
(−10.3)
−26.6
(−15.9)
−31.5
(−24.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 29
(1.1)
24
(0.9)
34
(1.3)
43
(1.7)
67
(2.6)
84
(3.3)
53
(2.1)
48
(1.9)
48
(1.9)
51
(2.0)
36
(1.4)
33
(1.3)
550
(21.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 4.9 5.2 4.9 5.1 7.2 8.0 6.2 5.7 4.6 5.9 5.8 6.3 69.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59 67 104 167 219 242 247 234 186 136 68 49 1,778
Source 1: Погода и Климат[54]
Source 2: NOAA (sunshine and precipitation days 1961–1990)[55]

Twin towns – sister cities edit

Grozny is twinned with:

Former twin towns:

Notable people edit

Visitor attractions edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Also sometimes spelled as Groznyy or Grozniy.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Decree #500
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  3. ^ Charter of Grozny, Article 28
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  9. ^ a b Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article 59
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  11. ^ a b Law #12-RZ
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  19. ^ RIA Novosti. Путин считает закрытой тему переименования города Грозного (Putin Considers the Proposal to Rename the City of Grozny Closed) (in Russian)
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  28. ^ Nekrich, Punished Peoples
  29. ^ Dunlop.Russia Confronts Chechnya, pp 62–70
  30. ^ Gammer.Lone Wolf and the Bear, pp166-171
  31. ^ Soviet Transit, Camp, and Deportation Death Rates
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grozny, other, uses, disambiguation, russian, Грозный, ˈgroznɨj, chechen, Соьлжа, ГӀала, romanized, sölƶa, Ġala, capital, city, chechnya, russia, Грозныйcity, other, transcription, chechenСоьлжа, ГӀалаclockwise, from, kadyrov, square, city, towers, night, vayn. For other uses see Grozny disambiguation Grozny a Russian Groznyj IPA ˈgroznɨj Chechen Solzha GӀala romanized Solƶa Ġala 15 is the capital city of Chechnya Russia Grozny GroznyjCity 1 Other transcription s ChechenSolzha GӀalaClockwise from the top Kadyrov Square Grozny City Towers at night Vaynakh School of Dance National Museum of the Chechen Republic The Courtyard of Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque at nightFlagCoat of armsLocation of GroznyGroznyLocation of GroznyShow map of ChechnyaGroznyGrozny European Russia Show map of European RussiaGroznyGrozny Europe Show map of EuropeCoordinates 43 18 45 N 45 41 55 E 43 31250 N 45 69861 E 43 31250 45 69861CountryRussiaFederal subjectChechnya 1 Founded1818 2 City status since1869 2 Government BodyCouncil of Deputies 3 Mayor 5 Khas Magomed Kadyrov 4 Area Total324 16 km2 125 16 sq mi Elevation130 m 430 ft Population 2010 Census 6 Total271 573 Estimate 2018 7 297 137 9 4 Rank67th in 2010 Density840 km2 2 200 sq mi Administrative status Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Grozny 8 Capital ofChechen Republic 9 Capital ofcity of republic significance of Grozny 8 Municipal status Urban okrugGrozny Urban Okrug 10 Capital ofGrozny Urban Okrug 10 Groznensky Municipal District 11 Time zoneUTC 3 MSK 12 Postal code s 13 364000 364001 364006 364008 364011 364013 364018 364020 364022 364024 364028 364031 364034 364035 364037 364038 364040 364042 364043 364046 364047 364049 364051 364052 364058 364060 364063 364066 364068 364700 366000Dialing code s 7 8712OKTMO ID96701000001City DayOctober 5 14 Websitegrozmer wbr ruThe city lies on the Sunzha River According to the 2010 census it had a population of 271 573 6 up from 210 720 recorded in the 2002 census 16 but still only about two thirds of 399 688 recorded in the 1989 census 17 It was previously known as Groznaya until 1870 2 Contents 1 Names 2 History 2 1 Russian fort 2 2 Soviet regional capital 2 3 Collapse of Russian authority 2 4 First Chechen War 2 5 Second Chechen War 2 6 After the wars 3 Administrative and municipal status 3 1 City divisions 4 Culture and education 5 Transportation 5 1 Train 5 2 Trams and trolleybuses 5 3 Airport 5 4 Sharing system 6 Sports 7 Geography 7 1 Climate 8 Twin towns sister cities 9 Notable people 10 Visitor attractions 11 Notes 12 References 13 Sources 14 Bibliography 15 External linksNames editIn Russian Grozny means fearsome menacing or redoubtable the same word as in Ivan Grozny Ivan the Terrible While the official name in Chechen is the same informally the city is known as Solzha Gӏala Solƶa Ġala which literally means the city gӏala on the Sunzha River Solzha citation needed In 1996 during the First Chechen War the Chechen separatists renamed the city Dzhokhar Ghala Chechen Dzhohar GӀala Dƶoxar Ġala literally Dzhokhar City or Dzhokhar Djohar for short after Dzhokhar Dudayev the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria citation needed In December 2005 the Chechen parliament voted to rename the city Akhmad Kala after Akhmad Kadyrov 18 a proposition which was rejected by his son Ramzan Kadyrov the prime minister and later president of the republic 19 History editSee also Timeline of Grozny Russian fort edit The fortress of Groznaya Gro znaya lit fearsome a feminine form of Grozny as the word fortress krepost is feminine in Russian was founded in 1818 2 as a Russian military outpost on the Sunzha River by general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov As the fort was being built the workers were fired upon by the Chechens The Russians found a solution by strategically positioning a cannon outside the city walls When night fell and the Chechens came out of their hiding places to drag the gun away all the other guns opened up with grapeshot When the Chechens recovered their senses and began to carry away the bodies the guns fired again When it was over 200 dead were counted Thus did the fearsome fort receive its baptism of fire 20 It was a prominent defense centre during the Caucasian War Russian poets Alexander Griboedov Alexander Polezhayev Mikhail Lermontov the classic of Russian literature Leo Tolstoy the Decembrist and writer Alexander Bestuzhev and other famous figures of Russian culture visited the fortress After the annexation of the region by the Russian Empire the military use of the old fortress was obsolete and on 11 January 1870 O S 30 December 1869 it was granted town status and renamed Grozny 21 as the word town gorod is masculine in Russian As most of the residents there were Terek Cossacks the town grew slowly until the development of oil reserves in the early 20th century The founder of the Nobel prize Alfred Nobel took part in the development of the oil industry of the city of Grozny as well as members of the Rothschild family In addition to the Nobels and Rothschilds British companies played an important role in the oil industry from 1893 onward Alfred Stuart an English engineer completed the first well in Grozny by drilling in 1893 the largest oil field in the Caucasus region outside the Baku district 22 Eleven firms drilled 116 wells before 1900 This encouraged the rapid development of industry and petrochemical production In addition to the oil drilled in the city itself the city became a geographical centre of Russia s network of oil fields and in 1893 became part of the Transcaucasia Russia proper railway The result was the population almost doubled from 15 600 in 1897 to 30 400 in 1913 21 In early 1914 the then largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell was established in the city thus making Grozny one of the largest industrial centres of the Caucasus 23 During the Russian Empire the city was the administrative capital of the Groznensky Okrug of the Terek Oblast Soviet regional capital edit One day after the October Revolution on 8 November 1917 the Bolsheviks headed by N Anisimov seized Grozny As the Russian Civil War escalated the Proletariat formed the 12th Red Army and the garrison held out against numerous attacks by Terek Cossacks from 11 August to 12 November 1918 However with the arrival of Denikin s armies the Bolsheviks were forced to withdraw and Grozny was captured on 4 February 1919 by the White Army Underground operations were carried out but only the arrival of the Caucasus front of the Red Army in 1920 allowed the city to permanently end up with the Russian SFSR on 17 March Simultaneously it became part of the Soviet Mountain Republic which was formed on 20 January 1921 and was the capital of the Chechen National Okrug inside it nbsp Entrance sign built in Soviet timesOn 30 November 1922 the mountain republic was dissolved and the national okrug became the Chechen Autonomous Oblast Chechen AO with Grozny as the administrative centre At this time most of the population was still Russian but of Cossack descent As Cossacks were viewed as a potential threat to the Soviet nation Moscow actively citation needed encouraged the migration of Chechens into the city from the mountains In 1934 the Chechen Ingush Autonomous Oblast was formed becoming the Chechen Ingush ASSR in 1936 Due to its oil Grozny with Maikop were the main strategic objectives of the German Fall Blau operation in summer of 1942 See Battle of the Caucasus The failure to take Grozny was a major defeat for Germany and was a factor in holding fast at the Battle of Stalingrad as that city could have served as a base from which to take Grozny or cut off oil supplies up the Volga River from Astrakhan The failure to prioritize Grozny even transferring critical Panzer divisions north to the Siege of Leningrad was a major factor in Adolf Hitler taking operational level control of the Wehrmacht from his generals who had repeatedly prioritized the two major cities over the oil supplies against Hitler s express orders Soviet doctrine however never failed to prioritize the food of Ukraine nor the oil of the Caucasus which resulted in drastic action after Germany s expulsion retreat in 1943 In 1944 the entire population of Chechens and Ingush was deported after being falsely accused of collaborating with advancing armed forces of Nazi Germany Large numbers of people who were not deemed fit for transport were liquidated on the spot 24 and the adverse situation with transport and the stay in Siberia caused many deaths as well 25 26 According to internal NKVD data a total of 144 704 died in 1944 1948 alone death rate of 23 5 per all groups 27 Authors such as Alexander Nekrich John Dunlop and Moshe Gammer based on census data from the period estimate a death toll of about 170 000 200 000 among Chechens alone 28 29 30 31 thus ranging from over a third of the total Chechen population that was deported to nearly half dying during those four years rates for other groups for those four years hover around 20 All traces of them in the city including books 32 and graveyards 33 were destroyed by the NKVD troops The act was recognized by the European Parliament as an act of genocide in 2004 34 Grozny became the administrative centre of Grozny Oblast of the Russian SFSR and the city at the time was again wholly Russian In 1957 the Chechen Ingush ASSR was restored and the Chechens were allowed to return The return of the Chechens to Grozny which had been lacking of Nakh for thirteen years would cause massive disruptions to the social economic and political systems of what had been a Russian city for the period until their return This caused a self feeding cycle of ethnic conflict between the two groups both believing the other s presence in the city was illegitimate Once again migration of non Russians into Grozny continued whilst the ethnic Russian population in turn moved to other parts of the USSR notably the Baltic states after inter ethnic conflict broke out briefly in 1958 nbsp Soviet era postage stamp with a view of Grozny s Avgustovskaya StreetAccording to sociologist Georgy Derluguyan the Checheno Ingush Republic s economy was divided into two spheres much like French settler ruled Algeria and the Russian sphere had all the jobs with higher salaries 35 while non Russians were systematically kept out of all government positions Russians as well as Ukrainians and Armenians worked in education health oil machinery and social services Non Russians excluding Ukrainians and Armenians worked in agriculture construction a long host of undesirable jobs as well as the so called informal sector i e illegal due to the mass discrimination in the legal sector 35 At the same time a great deal of development occurred in the city Like many other Soviet cities the Stalinist style of architecture was prevalent during this period with apartments in the centre as well as administrative buildings including the massive Council of Ministers and the Grozny University buildings being constructed in Grozny Later projects included the high rise apartment blocks prominent in many Soviet cities as well as a city airport In 1989 the population of the city was almost 400 000 people 36 Collapse of Russian authority edit After the collapse of the Soviet Union Grozny became the seat of a separatist government led by Dzhokhar Dudayev According to some many of the remaining Russian and other non Chechen residents fled or were expelled by groups of militants adding to a harassment and discrimination from the new authorities 37 These events are perceived by some as an act of an ethnic cleansing of non Chechens which has been reflected in the materials of General Prosecutor s office of the Russian Federation 38 39 This view is disputed by authors such as Russian economists Boris Lvin and Andrei Illarionov who argue that Russian emigration from the area was no more intense than in other regions of Russia at the time 40 According to this view of the ethnic situation in Ichkeria the primary cause of Russian emigration was the extensive bombing of Grozny where four out of five or nearly 200 000 Russians in Chechnya lived before the war by the Russian military during the First Chechen War 41 The covert Russian attempts of overthrowing Dudayev by means of armed Chechen opposition forces resulted in repeated failed assaults on the city Originally Moscow had been backing the political opposition of Umar Avturkhanov ru peacefully i e without supplying the opposition with weapons and encouraging them to try a coup However this changed in 1994 after the coups in neighbouring Georgia and Azerbaijan both of which Moscow was involved with when Russia encouraged armed opposition and occasionally assisted In August 1994 Avturkhanov attacked Grozny but was repelled first by Chechen citizens who were then joined by Grozny government troops Russian helicopters covered his retreat 42 On 28 September one of these helicopters was shot down and its Russian pilot was held as a prisoner of war by the Chechen government 43 The last assault on 26 November 1994 ended with capture of 21 Russian Army tank crew members 44 who had secretly been hired as mercenaries by the FSK former KGB not long after renamed FSB their capture was sometimes cited as one of the reasons for Boris Yeltsin s decision to openly intervene In the meantime Grozny airport and other targets were bombed by unmarked Russian aircraft First Chechen War edit See also Battle of Grozny 1994 95 and Battle of Grozny August 1996 During the First Chechen War Grozny was the site of an intense battle lasting from December 1994 to February 1995 and ultimately ending with the capture of the city by the Russian military Intense fighting and carpet bombing carried out by the Russian Air Force destroyed much of the city Thousands of combatants on both sides died in the fighting alongside civilians many of whom were reportedly ethnic Russians unclaimed bodies were later collected and buried in mass graves on the city outskirts The main federal military base in Chechnya was located in the area of Grozny air base citation needed Chechen guerrilla units operating from nearby mountains managed to harass and demoralize the Russian Army by means of guerilla tactics and raids such as the attack on Grozny in March 1996 which added to political and public pressure for a withdrawal of Russian troops In August 1996 a raiding force of 1 500 to 3 000 militants recaptured the city in a surprise attack They surrounded and routed its entire garrison of 10 000 MVD troops while fighting off the Russian Army units from the Khankala base The battle ended with a final ceasefire and Grozny was once again in the hands of Chechen separatists The name was changed to Djohar in 1997 by the President of the separatist Ichkeria republic Aslan Maskhadov By this time most of the remaining Russian minority had fled 45 Second Chechen War edit See also Battle of Grozny 1999 2000 Grozny was once again the epicentre of fighting after the outbreak of the Second Chechen War which further caused thousands of fatalities During the early phase of the Russian siege on Grozny on 25 October 1999 Russian forces launched five SS 21 ballistic missiles at the crowded central bazaar and a maternity ward killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds During the massive shelling of the city that followed most of the Russian artillery were directed toward the upper floors of the buildings although this caused massive destruction of infrastructure civilian casualties were much less than in the first battles The final seizure of the city was set in early February 2000 when the Russian military lured the besieged militants to a promised safe passage Seeing no build up of forces outside the militants agreed citation needed One day prior to the planned evacuation the Russian Army mined the path between the city and the village of Alkhan Kala and concentrated most firepower on that point As a result both the city mayor and military commander were killed a number of other prominent separatist leaders were also killed or wounded Afterwards the Russians slowly entered the empty city and on 6 February raised the Russian flag in the centre Many buildings and even whole areas of the city were systematically destroyed A month later it was declared safe to allow the residents to return to their homes although demolition continued for some time In 2003 the United Nations called Grozny the most destroyed city on Earth 46 After the wars edit nbsp Grozny City Towers nbsp Panoramic view of Grozny from Grozny City Towers nbsp Grozny in 2018 The federal government representatives of Chechnya are based in Grozny Since 2003 the city has been rebuilt from scratch 47 Out of several dozens of industrial enterprises three have been partially rebuilt the Grozny Machine Building Factory the Krasny Molot Red Hammer and Transmash factories 48 Although most of the city s infrastructure was destroyed during the war the city s sewage water electricity and heating systems have since been repaired along with 250 kilometers 160 mi of roads 13 bridges and some 900 shops 49 Before the war Grozny had about 79 000 apartments and the city authorities expected to be able to restore about 45 000 apartments the rest were in buildings that were completely destroyed 50 Railway connection was restored in 2005 and Grozny s airport was reopened in 2007 with three weekly flights to Moscow In 2009 the IAC gave Grozny s Severny airport the international certificate after checking and evaluating the airport s airworthiness On 16 November 2009 the airport had its first international flight taking pilgrims on Hajj to Saudi Arabia via a Boeing 747 51 After four years of construction the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque was formally opened to the public on 16 October 2008 and is one of the largest mosques in Europe 49 In 2009 the city of Grozny was honoured by the UN Human Settlements Program for transforming the war scarred city and providing new homes for thousands 52 Administrative and municipal status editGrozny is the capital of the republic 9 Within the framework of administrative divisions it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Grozny an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts 8 As a municipal division the city of republic significance of Grozny is incorporated as Grozny Urban Okrug 10 The city also serves as the administrative centre of Groznensky Municipal District 11 but not of the corresponding administrative district 1 City divisions edit For administrative purposes the city is divided into four city districts Akhmatovsky Baysangurovsky Visaitovsky Sheikh Mansurovsky Culture and education edit nbsp Akhmat ArenaThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2017 Grozny is known for its modern architecture and as a spa town and although nearly all the town was destroyed or seriously damaged during the Chechen Wars it has since been entirely rebuilt It is home to Chechen State University and FC Akhmat Grozny which after a fifteen year absence from its home town returned to Grozny in March 2008 Also in Grozny is Chechen State Pedagogical Institute and Grozny State Oil Technical University Transportation editTrain edit nbsp Grozny Railway stationThe first train pulled into the Grozny Railway station on 1 May 1893 Trams and trolleybuses edit On 5 November 1932 the Grozny tram system was opened to the public and by 1990 it was 85 kilometer 53 mi long with 107 new Russian built KTM 5 trams that it received in the late 1980s and two depots The Grozny trolleybus system began operation on 31 December 1975 and by 1990 was approximately 60 kilometer 37 mi long with 58 buses and one depot Both types of transport came under difficult pressure in the early 1990s with frequent theft of equipment staff not being properly paid and resultant strikes A major planned trolleybus route extension to the airport was cancelled With the outbreak of the First Chechen War both transport services stopped operation in November 1994 During the destructive battles the tram tracks were blocked or damaged and cars and buses were turned into barricades The trolleybus system was luckier as most of its equipment including the depot survived the war In 1996 it was visited by specialists from the Vologda Trolleybus Company who repaired some of the lines with services planned to restart in 1997 However after specialists left most of the equipment was stolen The surviving buses were transported to Volzhsky where they were repaired and used on the new trolleybus system there After the Second Chechen War little of the infrastructure of either system was left The Ministry of Transport of the Chechen Republic created in 2002 decided not to rebuild the tram system considered too expensive and no longer meeting the city s needs as it had by then lost half of its population Rebuilding of the trolleybus system however is still under consideration Airport edit nbsp Grozny AirportThe city is served by Grozny Airport Sharing system edit In 2018 the Delimobil car sharing company officially provided the capital of the Chechen Republic with 30 Hyundai Solaris To drive the automobiles the user has to book them through the app of the owning company 53 In the same year the Delisamokat provided the city with 120 electric scooters and some scooter stations Sports edit nbsp The mascot of FC Akhmat GroznyGrozny is home to Russian Football Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny After winning promotion by coming 2nd in the Russian First Division in 2007 Akhmat Grozny finished 10th in the Russian Premier League in 2008 The team still plays in the top tier The club is owned by Ramzan Kadyrov and plays in the recently built city s Akhmat Stadium Ruud Gullit was the team manager from the beginning of the season 2011 but was later sacked by the club in June The city is also home to the Fort Grozny motor racing circuit which opened in 2015 Geography editThe city is located along the Sunzha River a major tributary of the Terek River The city is located in a valley approximately 80 kilometres 50 miles north of the main range of the Greater Caucasus Mountains Climate edit Grozny has a humid continental climate Koppen Dfa with hot summers and cold winters Precipitation peaks during early summer where sunshine hours also peak Climate data for Grozny 1991 2020 normals extremes 1938 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 15 7 60 3 22 3 72 1 32 9 91 2 33 7 92 7 38 1 100 6 39 1 102 4 42 0 107 6 41 4 106 5 40 7 105 3 32 5 90 5 23 7 74 7 18 0 64 4 42 0 107 6 Average high C F 2 3 36 1 3 7 38 7 10 1 50 2 17 3 63 1 23 2 73 8 28 2 82 8 30 8 87 4 30 6 87 1 25 1 77 2 17 2 63 0 8 8 47 8 3 5 38 3 16 7 62 1 Daily mean C F 1 5 29 3 0 6 30 9 4 7 40 5 10 8 51 4 16 7 62 1 21 4 70 5 23 9 75 0 23 6 74 5 18 5 65 3 11 6 52 9 4 5 40 1 0 1 32 2 11 1 52 0 Average low C F 4 2 24 4 3 7 25 3 0 8 33 4 5 7 42 3 11 5 52 7 15 9 60 6 18 2 64 8 17 9 64 2 13 4 56 1 7 3 45 1 1 4 34 5 2 5 27 5 6 8 44 2 Record low C F 31 5 24 7 30 8 23 4 19 1 2 4 7 6 18 3 3 1 26 4 5 6 42 1 9 2 48 6 5 0 41 0 2 7 27 1 9 6 14 7 23 5 10 3 26 6 15 9 31 5 24 7 Average precipitation mm inches 29 1 1 24 0 9 34 1 3 43 1 7 67 2 6 84 3 3 53 2 1 48 1 9 48 1 9 51 2 0 36 1 4 33 1 3 550 21 7 Average precipitation days 1 0 mm 4 9 5 2 4 9 5 1 7 2 8 0 6 2 5 7 4 6 5 9 5 8 6 3 69 8Mean monthly sunshine hours 59 67 104 167 219 242 247 234 186 136 68 49 1 778Source 1 Pogoda i Klimat 54 Source 2 NOAA sunshine and precipitation days 1961 1990 55 Twin towns sister cities editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia Grozny is twinned with nbsp Ardahan Turkey citation needed nbsp Baku Azerbaijan citation needed nbsp Comrat Moldova citation needed nbsp Sivas Turkey 56 nbsp Tbilisi Georgia citation needed Former twin towns nbsp Warsaw Poland since 1997 until 2022 status terminated as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 57 Notable people editArtur Sarkisov soccer player Gennady Troshev colonel general Israil Arsamakov weightlifter Khassan Baiev surgeon Lyudmila Turishcheva Olympic gymnast Makka Sagaipova singer and dancer Maksharip Muzhukhoev historian dr of historical sciences archeologist Mamed Khalidov mixed martial arts fighter Meseda Bagaudinova pop singer Pasikhat Dzhukalaeva supercentenarian Sukhrab Akhmedov colonel Timur Aliev journalist Timur Eneev mathematician Yuliya Yefimova swimmer Yuri Radonyak boxer Zelim Bakaev singerVisitor attractions editAkhmad Kadyrov Mosque Grozny City Towers Facade ClocksNotes edit Also sometimes spelled as Groznyy or Grozniy References edit a b c Decree 500 a b c d Enciklopediya Goroda Rossii Moscow Bolshaya Rossijskaya Enciklopediya 2003 pp 111 112 ISBN 5 7107 7399 9 Charter of Grozny Article 28 Official website of Grozny 1 Mayor of Grozny Charter of Grozny Article 47 a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service 2011 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda Tom 1 2010 All Russian Population Census vol 1 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda 2010 All Russia Population Census in Russian Federal State Statistics Service Error Unable to display the reference properly See the documentation for details a b c Constitution of the Chechen Republic a b Constitution of the Chechen Republic Article 59 a b c Law 44 RZ a b Law 12 RZ Ob ischislenii vremeni Oficialnyj internet portal pravovoj informacii in Russian 3 June 2011 Retrieved 19 January 2019 Pochta Rossii Informacionno vychislitelnyj centr OASU RPO Russian Post Poisk obektov pochtovoj svyazi Postal Objects Search in Russian Charter of Grozny Article 2 Chechen table of correspondence Cyrillic Roman BGN PCGN 2008 Agreement PDF National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Retrieved 4 February 2022 Russian Federal State Statistics Service 21 May 2004 Chislennost naseleniya Rossii subektov Rossijskoj Federacii v sostave federalnyh okrugov rajonov gorodskih poselenij selskih naselyonnyh punktov rajonnyh centrov i selskih naselyonnyh punktov s naseleniem 3 tysyachi i bolee chelovek Population of Russia Its Federal Districts Federal Subjects Districts Urban Localities Rural Localities Administrative Centers and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3 000 XLS Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2002 goda All Russia Population Census of 2002 in Russian Vsesoyuznaya perepis naseleniya 1989 g Chislennost nalichnogo naseleniya soyuznyh i avtonomnyh respublik avtonomnyh oblastej i okrugov krayov oblastej rajonov gorodskih poselenij i syol rajcentrov All Union Population Census of 1989 Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs Krais Oblasts Districts Urban Settlements and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers Vsesoyuznaya perepis naseleniya 1989 goda All Union Population Census of 1989 in Russian Institut demografii Nacionalnogo issledovatelskogo universiteta Vysshaya shkola ekonomiki Institute of Demography at the National Research University Higher School of Economics 1989 via Demoscope Weekly RIA Novosti City of Grozny Reference Information in Russian RIA Novosti Putin schitaet zakrytoj temu pereimenovaniya goroda Groznogo Putin Considers the Proposal to Rename the City of Grozny Closed in Russian John F Baddeley Russian Conquest of the Caucasus Ch VII a b Zapiski kraeveda A A Vaksman grozny vrcal com Retrieved 25 February 2022 Oil and Geopolitics in the Caspian Sea Region Westport Connecticut London Praeger 1999 pp 9 10 ISBN 0 275 96395 0 The Oil and the Glory The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea United States of America Random House 2007 pp 32 33 ISBN 978 0 375 50614 7 The Soviet War against Fifth Columnists The Case of Chechnya 1942 1944 by Jeffrey Burds Archived November 16 2010 at the Wayback Machine p 39 Dunlop John Russia Confronts Chechnya The Roots of a Separatist Conflict Pages 67 69 Bugai Nikolai Fedorovich The Truth about the Deportation of the Chechen and Ingush People Printed in English in Soviet Studies in History Fall 1991 Originally in Russian in Voprosy istorii June 1990 Wood Tony Chechnya The Case for Independence page 37 38 Nekrich Punished Peoples Dunlop Russia Confronts Chechnya pp 62 70 Gammer Lone Wolf and the Bear pp166 171 Soviet Transit Camp and Deportation Death Rates Chechnya Rewriting History Iwpr net 23 February 1944 Retrieved 5 May 2009 2 Archived February 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Chechnya European Parliament recognizes the genocide of the Chechen People in 1944 27 February 2004 a b Derluguyan Georgi 2005 Bourdieu s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus University of Chicago Press pp 244 5 ISBN 978 0 226 14283 8 Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny The State Enterprise The State Road Transport Research Institute SE SRTRI doi 10 33868 0365 8392 Hughes James 2007 Chechnya from nationalism to jihad University of Pennsylvania Press p 64 ISBN 978 0812202311 Retrieved 1 November 2010 Russkaya liniya Biblioteka periodicheskoj pechati Sudba russkih iz Groznogo rusk ru in Russian Retrieved 25 February 2022 CHECHNYA THE WHITE BOOK www globalsecurity org Retrieved 25 February 2022 Boris Lvin and Andrei Illarionov Moscow News February 24 March 2 1995 Carlotta Gall and Thomas de Waal Pages 197 227 Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal Small Victorious War p151 2 Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal Small Victorious War p151 Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal Chechnya Calamity in the Caucasus Pages 155 157 W Kelly Michael 9 August 2012 Grozny Monterey California Naval Postgraduate School Springfield Va Available from National Technical Information Service OCLC 808059507 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Programmes From Our Own Correspondent Scars remain amid Chechen revival BBC News 3 March 2007 Retrieved 5 May 2009 Shevelkina Julia 25 November 2016 Seven years after the end of the war is it safe to travel in Chechnya RBTH Russ Alex Krasny Marianne 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izmenenij v Konstituciyu Chechenskoj Respubliki Vstupil v silu so dnya oficialnogo opublikovaniya po rezultatam golosovaniya na referendume Chechenskoj Respubliki Referendum March 23 2003 Constitution of the Chechen Republic as amended by the Constitutional Law 1 RKZ of September 30 2014 On Amending the Constitution of the Chechen Republic Effective as of the day of the official publication in accordance with the results of the referendum of the Chechen Republic Parlament Chechenskoj Respubliki Zakon 44 RZ ot 14 iyulya 2008 g Ob obrazovanii municipalnogo obrazovaniya gorod Groznyj ustanovlenii ego granicy i nadelenii ego statusom gorodskogo okruga v red Zakona 21 RZ ot 28 iyunya 2010 g O vnesenii izmenenij v nekotorye zakonodatelnye akty Chechenskoj Respubliki Vstupil v silu po istechenii 10 dnej posle oficialnogo opublikovaniya Opublikovan Vesti Respubliki 162 844 26 avgusta 2008 g Parliament of the Chechen Republic Law 44 RZ of July 14 2008 On Establishing the Municipal Formation of 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