Grozny

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capital city city

Grozny is the capital and largest city of the Chechen Republic in southwestern Russia, known for its turbulent recent history and extensive post-war reconstruction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Administration of the city of Grozny 1
Грозный 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
capitalOf Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic
cityStatusGranted 1869 ⓘ
climateClassification humid continental climate ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic
dominantBranchOfIslam Sunni Islam ⓘ
experiencedEvent First Chechen War ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)

Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ⓘ
First Chechen War ⓘ
Second Chechen War ⓘ
federalSubject Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic
founded 1818 ⓘ
foundedAs Russian military fortress ⓘ
founder Russian Empire ⓘ
governingBody Grozny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Administration of the city of Grozny
hasAirport Grozny Airport ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center of the Chechen Republic ⓘ
economic center of the Chechen Republic ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution Chechen State University ⓘ
Chechen State University ⓘ
surface form: Grozny State Oil Technical University
hasLandmark Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque ⓘ
Grozny City Towers ⓘ
Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Heart of Chechnya Mosque
hasNameInRussian Grozny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Грозный
hasRailwayStation Grozny railway station ⓘ
hasSportsTeam FC Akhmat Grozny ⓘ
headOfCity mayor of Grozny ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor oil industry ⓘ
knownFor extensive war damage in the 1990s ⓘ
post-war reconstruction ⓘ
locatedIn Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic

European Russia ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
locatedInMountainRangeRegion Caucasus region ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sunzha River ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
nearbyCity Argun ⓘ
Gudermes ⓘ
officialLanguage Chechen language ⓘ
surface form: Chechen

Russian ⓘ
partOf Southern Federal District ⓘ
reconstructionPeriod 2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
timeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
wasDescribedAs one of the most destroyed cities in the world in the early 2000s ⓘ
wasPartOf Ingushetia ⓘ
surface form: Chechen-Ingush ASSR

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chechnya → capital → Grozny ⓘ
Chechens → capitalRegionCity → Grozny ⓘ
Grozny → governingBody → Grozny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Administration of the city of Grozny
North Caucasus → hasCity → Grozny ⓘ
Caucasus → hasMajorCity → Grozny ⓘ
Grozny → hasNameInRussian → Grozny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Грозный
Chechnya → largestCity → Grozny ⓘ