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  2. Grozny - Wikipedia

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    Grozny (Russian: Грозный, IPA:; Chechen: Соьлжа-ГӀала, romanized: Sölƶa-Ġala) [15] is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River . According to the 2021 census , it had a population of 328,533 [ 16 ] — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 census , [ 17 ] but still less than the 399,688 ...

  3. Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) - Wikipedia

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    The 1999–2000 battle of Grozny or Operation Wolf Hunt was the siege and assault of the Chechen capital Grozny by Russian forces, lasting from late 1999 to early 2000. The siege and assault on the city resulted in the near total destruction of the urban area.

  4. Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) - Wikipedia

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    The First Battle of Grozny was the Russian Army's invasion and subsequent conquest of the Chechen capital, Grozny, during the early months of the First Chechen War.The attack would last from December 1994 to March 1995, which resulted in the military occupation of the city by the Russian Army and rallied most of the Chechen nation around the government of Dzhokhar Dudayev.

  5. Chechnya - Wikipedia

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    The "Heart of Chechnya" Mosque in Grozny, 2013 Chechnya's mufti Salah Mezhiev (right) with Ramzan Kadyrov (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) at the Prophet Isa Mosque in Grozny, 20 August 2024. Sunni Islam is the predominant religion in Chechnya, practiced by 95% of those polled in Grozny in 2010.

  6. First Chechen War - Wikipedia

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    Thousands of Chechen civilians were killed in aerial bombings and urban warfare before Grozny was captured in March 1995, but a Russian victory was denied as efforts to establish control over the remaining lowlands and mountainous regions of Chechnya were met with fierce resistance and frequent surprise raids by Chechen guerrillas.

  7. Battle of Grozny (August 1996) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Grozny of August 1996, also known as Operation Jihad or Operation Zero Option, when Chechen fighters regained and then kept control of Chechnya's capital Grozny in a surprise raid. [5] Russian federal forces had captured the city in a previous battle that ended in February 1995, and subsequently posted a large garrison of federal ...

  8. 'Our children are not fertilizer': Why protests in Chechnya ...

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    The first of those wars was launched by Boris Yeltsin and ended with a devastating rout of Russian forces in the Chechen capital, Grozny. In 1999, Putin, ...

  9. Grozny ballistic missile attack - Wikipedia

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    The Grozny ballistic missile attack was a wave of Russian ballistic missile strikes on the Chechen capital Grozny on October 21, 1999, early in the Second Chechen War.The attack killed at least 118 people according to initial reports, [1] mostly civilians, or at least 137 immediate dead according to the HALO Trust count. [2]