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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.
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]
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
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (/ ɪ tʃ ˈ k ɛr i ə / itch-KERR-ee-ə; Chechen: Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, romanized: Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; Russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия, romanized: Chechenskaya Respublika Ichkeriya; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI"), known simply as Ichkeria, and also known as Chechnya, is a former de facto ...
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.
Kavkasos engendered the Chechen tribes, and his descendant, Durdzuk, who took residence in a mountainous region, later called "Dzurdzuketia" after him, established a strong state in the fourth and third centuries BC. [44] Among the Chechen teips, the teip Zurzakoy, consonant with the ethnonym Dzurdzuk, live in the Itum-Kale region of Chechnya.
When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia.Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, they were known as the Chechen Autonomous Oblast [a] and the Ingush Autonomous Oblast, [b] which were unified on January 15, 1934, to form the ...