Grozny, Chechen Republic, North Caucasus, Russia

City divisions | Train | Trams and trolleybuses | Airport | Sharing system | Economy

🇷🇺 Grozny, previously known as Groznaya, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River.

Grozny is the capital of the republic. 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. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Grozny is incorporated as Grozny Urban Okrug. The city also serves as the administrative centre of Groznensky Municipal District, but not of the corresponding administrative district.

Grozny is known for its modern architecture and as a spa town and although nearly all the town was destroyed or seriously damaged during the Chechen Wars, it has since been entirely rebuilt. It is home to Chechen State University and FC Akhmat Grozny, which after a fifteen-year absence from its home town returned to Grozny in March 2008. Also in Grozny is Chechen State Pedagogical Institute and Grozny State Oil Technical University.

The city is located along the Sunzha River, a major tributary of the Terek River. The city is located in a valley approximately 80 km (50 miles) north of the main range of the Greater Caucasus Mountains.

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City divisions For administrative purposes, the city is divided into four city districts: Akhmatovsky, Baysangurovsky, Visaitovsky, Sheikh-Mansurovsky.

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

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Trams and trolleybuses On 5 November 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 31 December 1975, and by 1990 was approximately 60-kilometer (37 mi) long, with 58 buses and one depot. Both types 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 route extension to the airport was cancelled. With the outbreak of the First Chechen War both transport services stopped operation in November 1994. During the destructive battles, the tram tracks were blocked or damaged, and 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 restart in 1997. However, after specialists left, most of the equipment was stolen. The surviving buses were transported to Volzhsky where they were repaired and used on the new trolleybus system there.

After the Second Chechen War, little of the infrastructure of either system was left. The Ministry of Transport of the Chechen Republic, created in 2002, decided not to rebuild the tram system (considered too expensive and no longer meeting the city's needs, as it had by then lost half of its population). Rebuilding of the trolleybus system, however, is still under consideration.

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Airport The city is served by Grozny Airport.

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Sharing system In 2018 the Delimobil car sharing company officially provided the capital of the Chechen Republic with 30 Hyundai Solaris. To drive the automobiles, the user has to book them through the app of the owning company.

In the same year the Delisamokat provided the city with 120 electric scooters and some scooter stations.

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Economy During the war, the Chechen economy fell apart. In 1994, the separatists planned to introduce a new currency, but the change did not occur due to the re-taking of Chechnya by Russian troops in the Second Chechen War.

The economic situation in Chechnya has improved considerably since 2000. According to the New York Times, major efforts to rebuild Grozny have been made, and improvements in the political situation have led some officials to consider setting up a tourism industry, though there are claims that construction workers are being irregularly paid and that poor people have been displaced.

Chechnya's unemployment was 67% in 2006 and fell to 21.5% in 2014.

Total revenue of the budget of Chechnya for 2017 was 59.2 billion rubles. Of these, 48.5 billion rubles were grants from the federal budget of the Russian Federation.

In late 1970s, Chechnya produced up to 20 million tons annually, production declined sharply to approximately 3 million tons in the late 1980s, and to below 2 million tons before 1994, first (1994-1996) second Russian invasion of Chechnya (1999) inflicted material damage on the oil-sector infrastructure, oil production decreased to 750,000 tons in 2001 only to increase to 2 million tons in 2006, by 2012 production was 1 million tons.

Chechenneftekhimprom, a state-owned corporation for oil and gas in Chechnya owns two obsolete oil refineries, oil land plots with an area of 7,740 hectares and more than 1,100 wells, most of which, for lack of investment, are in poor condition and not very profitable.

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Grozny, Chechen Republic, North Caucasus, Russia 
<b>Grozny, Chechen Republic, North Caucasus, Russia</b>
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Grozny has a population of over 305,911 people. Grozny also forms the centre of the wider Chechnya republic which has a population of over 1,395,678 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Grozny has links with:

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  • Serge Chermayeff |

    🇷🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇸 Architect/Furniture/Industrial Designer Serge Chermayeff is associated with Grozny. He was editor of ‘Dancing World’ magazine in London from 1918 to 1923.

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