Grozny

For other uses, see Grozny (disambiguation).
Grozny (English)
Грозный (Russian)
Грозный (Chechen)
-  City[1]  -

Views of Grozny, Top upper left:National Library of Chechen, Top lower left:Vladmir Putin Avenue, Top right:Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, Middle left:Khanpashi Nuradilova Drama Teater, Middle right:Night view of Grozny-City Towers, Bottom:Panorama View of Akhmad Kadyrov area
Grozny
Location of Grozny in the Chechen Republic
Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°43′E / 43.317°N 45.717°E / 43.317; 45.717Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°43′E / 43.317°N 45.717°E / 43.317; 45.717
Coat of arms
Flag
Anthem none[2]
City Day October 5[3]
Administrative status (as of November 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chechen Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of republic significance of Grozny[4]
Capital of Chechen Republic[5]
Administrative center of city of republic significance of Grozny[4]
Municipal status (as of June 2010)
Urban okrug Grozny Urban Okrug[6]
Administrative center of Grozny Urban Okrug,[6] Groznensky Municipal District[7]
Mayor[8] Islam Kadyrov[9]
Representative body Council of Deputies[10]
Statistics
Area 324.16 km2 (125.16 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 271,573 inhabitants[11]
- Rank in 2010 67th
Density 838/km2 (2,170/sq mi)[12]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[13]
Founded 1818[14]
City status since 1870[14]
Previous names Groznaya (until 1870)[14]
Postal code(s)[15] 364000, 364001, 364006, 364008, 364011, 364013–364018, 364020–364022, 364024, 364028–364031, 364034, 364035, 364037, 364038, 364040, 364042, 364043, 364046, 364047, 364049, 364051, 364052, 364058, 364060–364063, 364066, 364068, 364700, 366000
Dialing code(s) +7 8712
Official website
Grozny on Wikimedia Commons

Grozny (Russian: Грозный; IPA: [ˈgroznɨj]; Chechen: Грозный) is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 271,573;[11] up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census,[16] but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989 Census.[17]

Names

In Russian, "Grozny" means "fearsome", "awesome", or "redoubtable", the same word as in Ivan Grozny or 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 Chechen separatists renamed the city Dzhokhar-Ghala (Chechen: Джовхар-Гӏала, Dƶovxar-Ġala), or Dzhokhar/Djohar for short, after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. In December 2005, the Chechen parliament voted to rename the city "Akhmadkala" (after Akhmad Kadyrov)[18]—a proposition which was rejected by his son Ramzan Kadyrov, the prime minister and later President of the republic.[19]

History

Russian fort

The fortress of Groznaya (Гро́зная; lit. fearsome) was founded in 1818[14] as a Russian military outpost on the Sunzha River by general Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. As the fort was being built the workers were fired upon by the Chechens. The Russians solved the problem by placing a cannon at a carefully chosen point outside the walls. When night fell and the Chechens came out of their hiding places to drag the gun away all the other guns opened up with grapeshot. When the Chechens recovered their senses and began to carry away the bodies the guns fired again. When it was over 200 dead were counted. Thus did the 'terrible' fort receive its baptism of fire.[20] It was a prominent defense center during the Caucasian War. After the annexation of the region by the Russian Empire, the military use of the old fortress was obsolete and in December 1869 it was renamed Grozny and granted town status.[21] As most of the residents there were Terek Cossacks, the town grew slowly until the development of oil reserves in the early 20th century. This encouraged the rapid development of industry and petrochemical production. In addition to the oil drilled in the city itself, the city became a geographical center of Russia's network of oil fields, and in 1893 became part of the Transcaucasia — Russia Proper railway. The result was the population almost doubled from 15,600 in 1897 to 30,400 in 1913.[21]

Soviet regional capital

One day after the October Revolution, on November 8, 1917, the Bolsheviks headed by N. Anisimov seized Grozny. As the Russian Civil War escalated, the Proletariat formed the 12th Red Army, and the garrison held out against numerous attacks by Terek Cossacks from August 11 to November 12, 1918. However, with the arrival of Denikin's armies, the Bolsheviks were forced to withdraw and Grozny was captured on February 4, 1919 by the White Army. Underground operations were carried out, but only the arrival of the Caucasus front of the Red Army in 1920 allowed the city to permanently end up with the Russian SFSR on March 17. Simultaneously it became part of the Soviet Mountain Republic, which was formed on January 20, 1921, and was the capital of the Chechen National Okrug inside it.

On November 30, 1922, the mountain republic was dissolved, and the national okrug became the Chechen Autonomous Oblast (Chechen AO) with Grozny as the administrative center. At this time most of the population was still Russian, but of Cossack descent. As Cossacks were viewed as a potential threat to the Soviet nation, Moscow actively encouraged the migration of Chechens into the city from the mountains. In 1934 the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast was formed, becoming the Chechen-Ingush ASSR in 1936.

In 1944, the entire population of Chechens and Ingush was deported after rebelling against Soviet rule. Large amounts of people who were not deemed fit for transport were 'liquidated' on spot,[22] and the situation of the transport and of the stay in Siberia caused many deaths as well.[23][24] According to internal NKVD data, a total of 144,704 were killed in 1944-1948 alone (death rate of 23.5% per all groups).[25] Authors such as Alexander Nekrich, John Dunlop and Moshe Gammer, based on census data from the period estimate a death toll of about 170,000-200,000 among Chechens alone,[26][27][28][29] thus ranging from over a third of the total Chechen population that was deported to nearly half being killed in those 4 years (rates for other groups for those four years hover around 20%). All traces of them in the city, including books[30] and graveyards,[31] were destroyed by the NKVD troops. The act was recognized by the European Parliament as an act of genocide in 2004.[32]

Grozny became the administrative center of Grozny Oblast of the Russian SFSR, and the city at the time was again wholly Russian. In 1957, the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, and the Chechens were allowed to return. The return of the Chechens to Grozny, which had been lacking of Nakh for thirteen years, would cause massive disruptions to the social, economic and political systems of what had been a Russian city for the period until their return. This caused a self-feeding cycle of ethnic conflict between the two groups, both believing the other's presence in the city was illegitimate. Once again migration of non-Russians into Grozny continued whilst the ethnic Russian population, in turn, moved to other parts of the USSR, notably the Baltic states, after the interethnic conflict broke briefly out in 1958.

Soviet-era postage stamp with a view of Grozny's Avgustovskaya Street

According to sociologist Georgy Derluguyan, the Checheno-Ingush Republic's economy was divided into two spheres—much like French settler-ruled Algeria—and the Russian sphere had all the jobs with higher salaries,[33] while non-Russians were systematically kept out of all government positions. Russians (as well as Ukrainians and Armenians) worked in education, health, oil, machinery, and social services. Non-Russians (excluding Ukrainians and Armenians) worked in agriculture, construction, a long host of undesirable jobs, as well as the so-called "informal sector" (i.e., illegal, due to the mass discrimination in the legal sector).[33]

At the same time a great deal of development occurred in the city. Like many other Soviet cities, the Stalinist style of architecture was prevalent during this period, with apartments in the centre as well as administrative buildings including the massive Council of Ministers and the Grozny University buildings being constructed in Grozny. Later projects included the high-rise apartment blocks prominent in many Soviet cities, as well as a city airport. In 1989, the population of the city was almost 400,000 people.

Collapse of Russian authority

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Grozny became the seat of a separatist government led by Dzhokhar Dudayev. According to some, many of the remaining Russian and other non-Chechen residents fled or were expelled by groups of militants, adding to a harassment and discrimination from the new authorities.[34] These events are perceived by some as an act of an ethnic cleansing of non-Chechens, which has been reflected in the materials of General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation.[35][36]

This view is disputed by authors, such as Russian economists Boris Lvin and Andrei Illarionov, who argue that Russian emigration from the area was no more intense than in other regions of Russia at the time.[37] According to this view of the ethnic situation in Ichkeria, the primary cause of Russian emigration was the extensive bombing of Grozny (where 4 out of 5, or nearly 200,000 Russians in Chechnya lived before the war) by the Russian military during the First Chechen War.[38]

The covert Russian attempts of overthrowing Dudayev by means of armed Chechen opposition forces resulted in repeated failed assaults on the city. Originally, Moscow had been backing the political opposition of Umar Avturkhanov "peacefully" (i.e. without supplying the opposition with weapons and encouraging them to try a coup). However, this changed in 1994, after the coups in neighboring Georgia and Azerbaijan (both of which Moscow was involved with), and Russia encouraged armed opposition and occasionally assisted. In August 1994 Avturkhanov attacked Grozny, but was repelled first by Chechen citizens who were then joined by Grozny government troops and Russian helicopters covered his retreat.[39] On September 28, one of these interfering helicopters was shot down and its Russian pilot was held as a prisoner-of-war by the Chechen government.[40] The last one on 26 November 1994 ended with capture of 21 Russian Army tank crew members,[41] secretly hired as mercenaries by the FSK (former KGB, soon renamed FSB); their capture was sometimes cited as one of the reasons of Boris Yeltsin's decision to launch the open intervention. In the meantime, Grozny airport and other targets were bombed by unmarked Russian aircraft.

First Chechen War

A street in Grozny after the First Chechen War

During the First Chechen War, Grozny was the site of an intense battle lasting from December 1994 to February 1995 and ultimately ending with the capture of the city by the Russian military. Intense fighting and carpet bombing carried out by the Russian Air Force destroyed much of the city. Thousands of combatants on both sides died in the fighting, alongside civilians, many of which were reportedly ethnic Russians; unclaimed bodies were later collected and buried in mass graves on the city outskirts. The main federal military base in Chechnya was located in the area of Grozny air base.

Chechen guerrilla units operating from nearby mountains managed to harass and demoralize the Russian Army by means of guerilla tactics and raids, such as the attack on Grozny in March 1996, which added to political and public pressure for a withdrawal of Russian troops. In August 1996, a raiding force of 1,500 to 3,000 militants recaptured the city in a surprise attack. They surrounded and routed its entire garrison of 10,000 MVD troops, while fighting off the Russian Army units from the Khankala base. The battle ended with a final ceasefire and Grozny was once again in the hands of Chechen separatists. The name was changed to Djohar in 1997 by the President of the separatist Ichkeria republic, Aslan Maskhadov. By this time most of the remaining Russian minority fled.

Second Chechen War

Damaged apartment buildings in 2006

Grozny was once again the epicenter of fighting after the outbreak of the Second Chechen War, which further caused thousands of fatalities. First the Russians informed their Turkish friends as to who the mystery forces lurking in Iraq were. Then, during the early phase of the Russian siege on Grozny on October 25, 1999, Russian forces launched five SS-21 ballistic missiles at the crowded central bazaar and a maternity ward, killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds. During the massive shelling of the city that followed, most of the Russian artillery were directed toward the upper floors of the buildings; although this caused massive destruction of infrastructure, civilian casualties were much less than in the first battles.

The final seizure of the city was set in early February 2000, when the Russian military lured the besieged militants to a promised safe passage. Seeing no build-up of forces outside, the militants agreed. One day prior to the planned evacuation, the Russian Army mined the path between the city and the village of Alkhan-Kala and concentrated most firepower on that point. As a result, both the city mayor and military commander were killed; a number of other prominent separatist leaders were also killed or wounded, including Shamil Basayev and several hundred rank-and-file militants. Afterwards, the Russians slowly entered the empty city and on February 6 raised the Russian flag in the centre. Many buildings and even whole areas of the city were systematically dynamited. A month later, it was declared safe to allow the residents to return to their homes, although demolishing continued for some time. In 2003 the United Nations called Grozny the most destroyed city on earth.[42]

After the war

Grozny-City Towers in 2012

Today, the federal government representatives of Chechnya are based in Grozny. Reconstruction is progressing. By June 2006, out of more than 60,000 apartment buildings and private homes destroyed, 900 had been rebuilt. Out of several dozens of industrial enterprises, three have been partially rebuilt — the Grozny Machine-Building Factory, the Krasny Molot (Red Hammer) and Transmash factories.

Although most of the city's infrastructure was destroyed during the war, the city's sewage, water, electricity and heating systems have since been repaired, along with 250 kilometers (160 mi) of roads, 13 bridges and some 900 shops.[43][44] Before the war, Grozny had about 79,000 apartments, and the city authorities expect to be able to restore about 45,000 apartments; the rest were in the buildings that were completely destroyed.[45]

The railway communication was restored in 2005, and Grozny's Severny airport was reopened in 2007 with three weekly flights to Moscow. In 2009 the IAC gave Grozny's Severny airport the international certificate after checking and evaluating the airport's airworthiness. On November 16, 2009, the airport had its first international flight, taking Pilgrims on Hajj to Saudi Arabia via a Boeing 747.[46] As of 2016, the only current international flight is from Grozny to Bishkek.[47]

After four years of construction, the Grozny Mosque was formally opened to the public on October 16, 2008 and is considered one of the largest mosques in Europe.[43] In 2009, the city of Grozny was honored by the UN Human Settlements Program for transforming the war scarred city and providing new homes for thousands.[48]

Administrative and municipal status

Grozny is the capital of the republic.[5] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Grozny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Grozny is incorporated as Grozny Urban Okrug.[6] The city also serves as the administrative center of Groznensky Municipal District,[7] but not of the corresponding administrative district.[1]

City divisions

For administrative purposes, the city is divided into four city districts: Leninsky, Zavodskoy, Staropromyslovsky, and Oktyabrsky. All of the districts are residential, but Staropromyslovsky District is also the city's main illegal oil drilling area, and Oktyabrsky District hosts most of the city's industry.

Culture and education

Grozny was known for its modern architecture and as a spa town but nearly all the town was destroyed or seriously damaged during the Chechen Wars. It is home to Chechen State University and FC Terek Grozny, which after a fifteen-year absence from its hometown returned to Grozny in March 2008. Also in Grozny is Chechen State Pedagogical Institute.

Transportation

The first train pulled into the Grozny Railway station on May 1, 1893.

Tram and trolleybuses

On November 5, 1932, the Grozny Tram system was opened to the public, and by 1990 it was 85-kilometer (53 mi) long, with 107 new Russian-built KTM-5 trams that it received in the late 1980s, and two depots. The Grozny Trolleybus system, began operation on December 31, 1975, and by 1990 was approximately 60-kilometer (37 mi) long with 58 buses and one depot. Both versions of transport came under difficult pressure in the early 1990s, with frequent theft of equipment, staff not being properly paid and resultant strikes. A major planned Trolleybus extension route to the airport was cancelled. With the outbreak of the First Chechen War both transport services stopped operation. During the destructive battles, the tram tracks were blocked or damaged, cars and buses were turned into barricades. The trolleybus system was luckier, as most of its equipment, including the depot, survived the war. In 1996 it was visited by specialists from the Vologda Trolleybus Company, who repaired some of the lines, with services planned to be restarted in 1997. However, after they returned, most of the equipment was stolen. The surviving buses were transported to Volzhsky where they were repaired and used in the new Trolleybus system.

After the Second Chechen War, little of the infrastructure of both systems was left. The created Ministry of Transport of the Chechen Republic in 2002, decided not to build the tram system (rated as too expensive, and no longer answering to the city's needs, as it had since lost half of its population). The trolleybus system however was more fortunate, and despite delays, Grozny hopes to re-open it by 2010.

Airport

The city is served by Grozny Airport, hub to airline Grozny Avia.

Sports

Grozny is home to Russian Football Premier League club FC Terek Grozny. After winning promotion by coming 2nd in the Russian First Division in 2007, Terek Grozny finished 10th in the Russian Premier League in 2008. The team still plays in the top tier. The club is owned by Ramzan Kadyrov and play in the recently built city's Ahmad Arena. Ruud Gullit was the team manager from the beginning of the season 2011, but was later sacked by the club in June.

Climate

Grozny has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with hot summers and cold winters.

Climate data for Grozny (1961 - 1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 0.6
(33.1)		 2.5
(36.5)		 8.7
(47.7)		 17.9
(64.2)		 23.7
(74.7)		 27.9
(82.2)		 30.5
(86.9)		 29.7
(85.5)		 24.7
(76.5)		 16.6
(61.9)		 9.3
(48.7)		 3.2
(37.8)		 16.3
(61.3)
Average low °C (°F) −6.2
(20.8)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 5.4
(41.7)		 11.0
(51.8)		 15.4
(59.7)		 18.2
(64.8)		 17.2
(63)		 12.7
(54.9)		 6.1
(43)		 1.8
(35.2)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 6.1
(43)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 19
(0.75)		 21
(0.83)		 23
(0.91)		 33
(1.3)		 57
(2.24)		 72
(2.83)		 57
(2.24)		 44
(1.73)		 33
(1.3)		 30
(1.18)		 26
(1.02)		 24
(0.94)		 439
(17.28)
Average precipitation days 5 5 5 5 7 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 70
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59 67 104 167 219 242 247 234 186 136 68 49 1,778
Source #1: World Meteorological Organization[49]
Source #2: NOAA(sunshine hours only)[50]

Twin towns and sister cities

Grozny is twinned with:

Notable people

Visitor attractions

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Decree #500
  2. ↑ Article 3 of the Charter of Grozny states that the city may have an anthem, providing a law is adopted to that effect. As of 2015, no such law is in place, nor is an anthem mentioned on the official website of Grozny.
  3. ↑ Charter of Grozny, Article 2
  4. 1 2 3 Constitution of the Chechen Republic
  5. 1 2 Constitution of the Chechen Republic, Article 59
  6. 1 2 3 Law #44-RZ
  7. 1 2 Law #12-RZ
  8. ↑ Charter of Grozny, Article 47
  9. ↑ Official website of Grozny. Islam Vakhayevich Kadyrov, Mayor of Grozny
  10. ↑ Charter of Grozny, Article 28
  11. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  12. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  13. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  14. 1 2 3 4 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. pp. 111–112. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  15. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  16. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  17. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  18. ↑ RIA Novosti. City of Grozny. Reference Information (Russian)
  19. ↑ RIA Novosti. Путин считает закрытой тему переименования города Грозного (Putin Considers the Proposal to Rename the City of Grozny Closed) (Russian)
  20. ↑ John F. Baddeley, Russian Conquest of the Caucasus, Ch Vii
  21. 1 2 Ваксман А. А., "Записки краеведа", Чечено-Ингушское книжное издательство, Грозный,1984
  22. ↑ "The Soviet War against ‘Fifth Columnists’: The Case of Chechnya, 1942–1944" by Jeffrey Burds, p.39
  23. ↑ Dunlop, John. Russia confronts Chechnya: The roots of a separatist conflict. Pages 67-69
  24. ↑ Bugai, Nikolai Fedorovich. The Truth about the Deportation of the Chechen and Ingush People. Printed in English in Soviet Studies in History, Fall 1991. Originally in Russian in Voprosy istorii, June 1990.
  25. ↑ Wood, Tony. Chechnya: the Case for Independence. page 37-38
  26. ↑ Nekrich, Punished Peoples
  27. ↑ Dunlop.Russia Confronts Chechnya, pp 62-70
  28. ↑ Gammer.Lone Wolf and the Bear, pp166-171
  29. ↑ Soviet Transit, Camp, and Deportation Death Rates
  30. ↑ "Chechnya: Rewriting History". Iwpr.net. 1944-02-23. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  31. ↑ Archived February 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  32. ↑ Chechnya: European Parliament recognizes the genocide of the Chechen People in 1944, 27 February 2004
  33. 1 2 Derluguyan, Georgi (2005). Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus. University of Chicago Press. pp. 244–5. ISBN 978-0-226-14283-8.
  34. ↑ Hughes, James (2007). Chechnya: from nationalism to jihad. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 64. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  35. ↑ Fate of ethnic Russian Grozny residents (Russian Line)
  36. ↑ Chechnya: The White Book (Globalsecurity.org)
  37. ↑ Boris Lvin and Andrei Illarionov. Moscow News. February 24- March 2, 1995
  38. ↑ Carlotta Gall and Thomas de Waal. Pages 197, 227
  39. ↑ Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal. Small Victorious War. p151-2
  40. ↑ Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal. Small Victorious War. p151
  41. ↑ Carlotta Gall and Thomas De Waal.Chechnya:Calamity in the Caucasus.Pages 155-157
  42. ↑ "Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Scars remain amid Chechen revival". BBC News. 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  43. 1 2 The Glittering New Face Of The Once War-Torn Capital Of Chechnya Retrieved on April 23, 2012
  44. ↑ UN praises Grozny reconstruction Russia Today Retrieved on April 23, 2013
  45. ↑ Under the Kremlin's iron hand, Chechnya is reborn
  46. ↑ International Certificate goes to Grozny Airport
  47. ↑ "Новый рейс Бишкек-Грозный". Авиакомпания Avia Traffic. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  48. ↑ The 2009 Scroll of Honour Award Winners
  49. ↑ "World Weather Information Service - Groznyj". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  50. ↑ "GORZNYJ Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  51. ↑ Uzaklar Yakinlaşti - Sivas Twin Towns(Turkish)
  52. ↑ "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. May 4, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
  53. ↑ "Kraków Official Website - Partnership Cities". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved November 1, 2008.

Sources

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