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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 Battle of the Valerik River on 11 July 1840 was fought as part of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus.It occurred about 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the fortress of Groznaya (now Grozny) between forces of the Imperial Russian Army and North Caucasian mountaineers led by the naib (viceroy) Ahberdila Muhammad.
The second line along the Bug River included Brest-Litovsk fortress. [1] The third line was running north–south over 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) east of the first one across the present-day Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine, it consisted of the Dinaburg fortress in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils), the Babruysk fortress, and the Kyiv fortress. [2]
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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Location of Polk County in Tennessee. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
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
As well as trying to understand the mindset of the Chechen and Russian people, one of the books key themes is the exposure of corruption in the process of reconstructing Chechnya. The Angel of Grozny of the book's title is a Chechen woman Hadijat Gatayeva who has turned their home into an orphanage for street children of the war.