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Chechnya before and after the war
The city made of ruins
- this slogan refers to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The city, which for 10 years was the scene of bloody fights during the two Chechen wars.
Consequently, the UN called it "the most destroyed city in the world" in 2003. Currently, it is developing highly, and modern skyscrapers and
apartment buildings have been emerged in the city center.
Grozny - the city centre rebuilt after 2002
The main street or Lenin Prospekt before the collapse of the USSR. The view from a 16-storey
apartment building gracefully called "Lepiestok" , Eng. petal.
During the reconstruction, many buildings were not rebuilt. In 2004 the main street was
renamed Achmat Kadyrov Prospekt.
The photos show Kadyrov Prospekt and the street nearby today.
Grozny – the main street, February the 1st, 1995
Presidential Palace (former headquarters for the CPSU in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR and later the official residence of the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria), Grozny – the
destruction caused during the First Chechen War in 1996.
Grozny in January 1995 - the destroyed Presidential Palace occupied by Russians trying to capture Joukara Dudayev.
The destruction: the centre of Grozny shortly after the end of the second of the two wars.
Grozny in 2000
Grozny –a market in the city center, 2003
Grozny – the city center with the Grozny-City Towers complex, April 2012.In the towers there is also a five-star hotel. In the foreground there is
the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, called the Heart of Chechnya - one of the biggest in the world opened in 2008.
Grozny – colourful lights in the city center, 2011
The view of Grozny-City and "the Heart of Chechnya" mosque, April 2012
Grozny - the interior of the Achmad Kadyrov mosque (the Grand Mosque of Grozny, the Heart of Chechnya), 2011
Grozny - the Achmad Kadyrov mosque (the Grand Mosque of Grozny, the Heart of Chechnya), 2011
Grozny – a panorama of the city by night
The administration building in the capital of Chechnya in Grozny 2014
The Ukrainian-Russianconflict - Crimea
Sevastopol, Crimea
The Church of Christ's Resurrection on the rock is a popular tourist attraction on the outskirts of Yalta in the Crimea
The Swallow's Nest – a neo-gothic castle on the southern coast of Crimea
Supporters clash outside the parliament building in the Crimean capital, Simferopol
A man with a Russian flag greets armed men in military fatigues blocking access to a Ukrainian border guards base not far from the village of
Perevalne near Simferopol on March 3, 2014
The Russian and Crimean flags in front of the administration building in Kerch
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