April, 2010. Grozny city – the capital of Chechnya.
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Many buildings have already been restored.
The disfigured facade of the building is covered under the siding.
Oktyabrsky district. One of the buildings of the research institute.
Pilot plant
The Kirov recreation center
The mined Hankalskaya valley, nobody walks here.
It used to be tanks parking area
Many dug-outs and trenches have remained untouched.
The way of life…
People were going along this road to save themselves from bombing. During the assault of Grozny many people were leaving the city.
Wall of fame
School building in Oktyabrsky district
A park that used to be so beautiful has grown wild, now it’s more likely a pasture area for cows and horses.
The Lenin monument hasn’t escaped destruction
Demolished canteen building
There are more cows than cats or dogs in Grozny, they are probably the main causers of traffic jams.
Military commandant’s office
In some definite time of the day soldiers climb on the roofs, and it’s not the best time to take photographs …
Even the smallest shops served as shelters during shooting.
It seems that no undamaged buildings have remained…
This UAZ has been here since the Chechen war.
Nature always wins …
Now it’s hard to imagine how this house had looked like …
Ruin as a reminder of a big tragedy.
Atmosphere of Grozny suffocation
Half of the house has been restored and now peopled
Trees try to hide the aftermath of the war.
Two more storeys are being built on.
Some houses have been broken down into bricks to restore other houses.
Soviet gate and hospital №5 behind
Abandoned house in Leninsky district
A passage in Minutka square is not used now.
Here, in Minutka square there was the fiercest fighting.
On the place of the passage they plan to build a mall.
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Very interesting pictures
Looks like Detroit or New Orleans in the USA
and Flint Mi, Gary In… there are some sad places in here too.
The wreckage fits but there should be more people, abandoned cars and garbage.
What a paradise. Can I get a house there?
sure. convert to islam and learn chechen. or bring in money and help them repair the destruction.
no wonder those muslims hate russians …
Actually that is not true
Natives are tolerant to Russians because Russians helped them to get rid of terrorists (mostly Middle East radicals) and build the republic
You should learn some history bro
Well, that is not what the tens of thousands of refugees are saying…
This picture shows the cruelty of the Russia and world turns the blind eye because Russia doing all these barbarism under the same name as other super powers giving this cruelty a war against terror.
There are nations which bring problems even in such democratic countries as France. Gipsies it is angels if them to compare to Chechens.
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Religion is the cause of this. Most Chechens were secular.
Never knew Russian tanks fire off bibles and Russian bomber plains drop crosses… How about Russians not allowing CHechnya to become independent during nineties? Not much religion at play back then.
plains must be planes of course
Chechnya was taken over by radical religious extremists. Most Chechens were appalled by the way the area was hijacked and Sharia implemented. Russia liberated the area that had always been a part of Russia (or for the last 100 years or so). One can argue with the violence, but the religious extremists used violence and fear against Chechen citizens who did not follow them. Wide Angle’s “Greetings from Grozny” (PBS documentary) portrayed the situation accurately.
how old are this photos? surely they ve rebuild a lot of the city by now, or did all the money spent on reconstruction got stolen, like always ?
One day of the 1st Chechen War in Nevzorov’s “Purgatory” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0846774/). This half-documentary movie is probably equal the legendary “Platoon”.
The price for reconstruction is a regime that rules more by fear and brutality than anything on Russian soil since the days of Stalin and the Nazi occupation.
Just goes to show the price Russia has to pay to prevent sharia law(s) in their region. Why can’t Chechnya be more like Kazakhstan or Tatarstan where there has been no terror reported terror attacks since 9-11-01?
Do you have photos of restored areas of Grozny?
These are the restored areas.
Reminds me of the game The Fog Fall.
Actually today’s Grozny looks better more modern than any Russian city (except Moscow and St. Petersburg of course) because of 90% donations from Russian budget.
They are ruled by Muslim dictator by now…nothing different once ruling Taliban in Afghanistan.they love money very much…