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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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| wounded six police officers in Grozny - the capital of Chechnya on Wednesday, officials said. wounded six people in the capital of Chechnya on Wednesday, officials said — the latest in a series of attacks undermining Kremlin claims that stability is returning to the southern Russian region. Part Chechen herself, she worked in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya long since reduced to rubble and ruin by the ruthless war waged by Russia against local separatists. |
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