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The Russian writer M. Lermontov also participated in the battle. Movements of the Galafeyev detachment 6–14 July 1840. On 6 July the Galafeyev detachment set out from the Groznaya fortress and began destroying the fields and villages to the south and southwest of the fortress, as the inhabitants fled.
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 extensive size of the Russian system led to high costs of construction and maintenance, and work on the fortifications slowed in the 1840s, leading to some fortress never being completed. The importance of the forts as military garrisons declined over the following decades, with some being used as prisons or warehouses in addition to barracks .
Grozny (Russian: Гро́зный; masculine), Groznaya (Гро́зная; feminine), or Groznoye (Гро́зное; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia: Urban localities Grozny , a city and the capital of the Chechen Republic
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Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Grozny (masculine), Groznaya (feminine), or Groznoye (neuter) may also refer to: Ivan the Terrible (Grozny) (1530–1584), Grand Prince of Moscow (1533–1547) and the Tsar of Russia (1547–1584) Grozny Group, a volcano on the Kuril Islands, Russia
The Grozny Synagogue (Russian: Ашкеназская синагога; Hebrew: בית כנסת גרוזני) was an Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic, North Caucasus, Russia. In 1929, the synagogue was closed, later rebuilt, and repurposed for secular uses.
1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya. 21 October: Grozny ballistic missile attack. [13] 3 December: Refugee convoy shooting occurs near city. 25 December: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) begins. [13] [18] 2000 30 January: Mayor Lecha Dudayev killed. [19] February: Russian forces take city. [15] [20] 5 February: Novye Aldi massacre occurs near city.