Grozny

[ grawz-nee; Russian graw-znee ]

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noun

a city in and the capital of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation in Europe.

Grozny

/ ˈɡrɔznij /

a city in S Russia, capital of the Chechen Republic: a major oil centre: it was badly damaged during fighting between separatists and Russian troops (1994–95, 1999–2000). Pop: 199 000 (2005 est)

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In 2009, four men forced the 50-year-old into a car in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, as she was leaving her apartment for work.

Those images from the Grozny offices were transferred immediately to colleagues outside Chechnya.

MOSCOW — The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, seemed to blow up around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Artillery fire could be heard in Avtozavodsky district, on Chernyshevskogo and Putin avenues in downtown Grozny.

But there is no question that a new battle has begun in an old war that Moscow—and many in Grozny—had hoped was over.

The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, was attacked Thursday by insurgents who may have sworn allegiance to ISIS.

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