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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 ...
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.
2004 Grozny stadium bombing; 2014 Grozny bombing; Chechen–Russian conflict; Grozny ballistic missile attack; July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings; June 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings; User:Joelton Ivson/Gather lists/24441 – Conflitos internacionais
After the 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya, the Soviet government deported the entire Chechen and Ingush population. The vacated Checheno-Ingush ASSR was abolished, and its territory partitioned, with the southern mountainous region being joined to the Georgian SSR, the western Ingush populated area to the North Ossetian ASSR, and the eastern strip of like size to the Dagestan ASSR. [1]
Groznensky District (Russian: Гро́зненский райо́н; Chechen: Соьлжа-ГӀалин кӀошт, Sölƶa-Ġalin khoşt) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district , one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and western parts of the republic.
Gennady Shpigun, the Interior Ministry liaison to Chechen officials, was kidnapped in March 1999 as he was leaving Grozny Airport; his remains were found in Chechnya in March 2000. [132] President Maskhadov started a major campaign against hostage-takers, and on 25 October 1998, Shadid Bargishev, Chechnya's top anti-kidnapping official, was ...
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting in the streets of Chasiv Yar, a city in the Donetsk region, since July, when Kyiv’s troops withdrew from the eastern Kanal neighbourhood, establishing the ...
Many Chechen groups have formed or moved to Ukraine throughout the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Several hundred fighters have joined the war, most joining one of many such groups. Today, there are several Chechen armed volunteer formations fighting on the side of Ukraine. Some of these groups started operations during the Donbas war in 2014.