
Grozny
Grozny (Russian: Грозный, romanized: Groznyy, IPA: [ˈgroznɨj]; Chechen: Соьлжа-ГӀала, romanized: Sölƶa-Ġala)[15] is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
Grozny
Грозный
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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 recorded in the 1989 census.[18] It was previously known as Groznaya (until 1870).[2]
Grozny is twinned with:
Former twin towns:
Grozny travel guide from Wikivoyage
Names[edit]
In Russian, "Grozny" means "fearsome", "menacing", or "redoubtable", the same word as in Ivan Grozny (Ivan the Terrible). While the official name in Chechen is the same, informally the city is known as "Соьлжа-Гӏала" ("Sölƶa-Ġala"), which literally means "the city (гӏала) on the Sunzha River (Соьлжа)".
In 1996, during the First Chechen War, the authorities of the Chechen republic of Ichkeria renamed the city Dzhokhar-Ghala (Chechen: Джохар-ГӀала, Dƶoxar-Ġala), literally Dzhokhar City, or Dzhokhar/Djohar for short, after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the republic, killed by the Russian armed forces. In December 2005, the Chechen parliament voted to rename the city "Akhmad-Kala" (after Akhmad Kadyrov)[19] – a proposition which was rejected by his son Ramzan Kadyrov, the prime minister and later president of the republic.[20]
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Соьлжа-ГӀала
1818[2]
1869[2]
Council of Deputies[3]
324.16 km2 (125.16 sq mi)
130 m (430 ft)
297,137
city of republic significance of Grozny[7]
Chechen Republic[8]
city of republic significance of Grozny[7]
Grozny Urban Okrug[9]
Grozny Urban Okrug,[9] Groznensky Municipal District[10]
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