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GroznyCapital of Chechnya and of the former Soviet republic of Checheno-Ingush; population (1996) 388,000. Situated on the Sunzha River, a tributary of the Terek, it is the biggest city of the Caucasian foothills. From the late 19th century, it became a major oil centre with pipelines to the Caspian Sea at Makhachkala, the Black Sea at Tuapse, and Trudovaya (near Gorlovka in the Donets Basin). Chemical and engineering industries are also located here. Half its residential areas were damaged beyond repair and its infrastructure destroyed by bombing, shelling, and street fighting during the struggle for Chechen independence from the Russian Federation in 1994-95.
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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. |
Capital of Chechnya
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