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Grozny or Groznyy (both: grôz`nē), city (2006 est. pop. 230,000), capital of Chechnya Chechnya (chĕchnyä`, chĕch`nēə) or Chechen Republic ..... Click the link for more information. , SE European Russia, in the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus. One of Russia's oldest oil-producing areas (production began in 1893), Grozny was a major strategic goal of invading German armies in World War II. Soviet troops halted the German advance just short of the city. Fighting between the Russian army and Chechen separatists devastated the city in the mid-1990s and again in 1999, and the resulting bloodshed, destruction, and lawlessness led roughly three quarters of the residents to flee. By 2006, however, the city had undergone significant rebuilding, and the population was about half pre-fighting level. |
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Lebed promised to return to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, later this week. It is the last, harrowing route to safety each day for thousands of anguished refugees who have been driven from their homes here in the capital of Chechnya by war and death, and it is the best entry route for the secessionist rebels who now reign over most of the city. President Boris Yeltsin embarked on his most audacious campaign trip Tuesday, traveling to the shattered capital of Chechnya only hours after concluding a peace treaty intended to stop the raging war in the secessionist southern region. |
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