Grozny

Grozny () is the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia.

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"Grozny" means "terrible" or "threatening" in Russian. The city may sometimes be referred to as Dzhokhar or Djohar (Chechen: Djovkhar Ghaala); it was named so after the first president of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dzhokhar Dudaev.

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In 2002 the city had a population of 210,720 people.

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The Groznaya fortress was founded in 1818 as a Russian military outpost. It was turned into the town of Grozny in 1870. (The change of the name ending follows the rules for adjectives when the modified noun was changed from the feminine gender ("threatening fortress") to masculine ("threatening town").) the town grew only slowly until the early 20th century. It then became a major industrial center and one of the Soviet Union's first oil production centers. In addition to the oil drilled in the city itself, it sits in the geographical center of Russia's network of oil fields.

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