Grozny

[grawz-nee, graw-znee]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation in Europe.

Grozny

/ ˈɡrɔznij /

noun

1. a city in S Russia, capital of the Chechen Republic: a major oil centre: it was badly damaged during fighting between separatists and Russian troops (1994–95, 1999–2000). Pop: 199 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the Chechen capital of Grozny on 25 December when it is thought to have come under fire.

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In Saturday's phone call, Putin acknowledged that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane had repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport in Chechnya on 25 December.

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He told AFP news agency the plane had been damaged and the pilot had asked to make an emergency landing in Grozny.

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On Friday, Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny, provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday.

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It was due to land in Grozny, the capital of the Russian region of Chechnya.

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