--- title: "Groznensky District – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Groznensky District, Russia: Groznensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/groznensky-district" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/groznensky-district.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8A_%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0.jpg/3840px-%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8A_%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0.jpg" --- District in Chechen Republic, Russia # Groznensky District Groznensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. ![Groznensky District](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8A_%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0.jpg/3840px-%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8A_%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0.jpg) Groznensky District · Wikimedia Commons The place Groznensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and western parts of the republic. The area of the district is 1,600 square kilometers (620 sq mi). The administrative center of the administrative district is the rural locality of Tolstoy-Yurt; however, the city of Grozny serves as the administrative center of the municipal district, even though it is incorporated separately from it within the framework of municipal divisions. Population: 118,347 (2010 census); 126,940 ; 100,150 (1989 Soviet census). Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groznensky_District), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Groznensky District 9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The mosque is one of the largest in Russia and is officially known as "The Heart of Chechnya". 900 m · mosque in Russia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov_Mosque) 2. Kadyrov Chechen State University Chechen State University is a university located in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. The school is home to the North Caucasian Centre of Pedagogics. 1.7 km · university located in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_State_University) 3. Memorial to the Victims of the Deportation of 1944 The Memorial to the Victims of the Deportation of 1944 was a Chechen memorial in the center of Grozny, capital of Chechnya, opened in 1992 to commemorate the Chechen victims of the Stalinist regime during and following their forced relocation to Central Asia in February 1944. The monument was sculpted by Chechen sculptor Darchi Khaskhanov. 1.4 km · monument in Grozny, Russia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Victims_of_the_Deportation_of_1944) 4. Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium FC Terek-2 Grozny was a Russian football team from Grozny, founded in 2013. Since 2013 it played in the Russian Professional Football League. 1 km · stadium in Grozny · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Bilimkhanov_Stadium) 5. National Library of Chechen Republic The National Library of the Chechen Republic, formerly known as Chekhovka, is in the Chechnya's capital city Grozny. The library has appeared on stamps. 800 m · library · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_the_Chechen_Republic) 6. Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel is an Eastern Orthodoxy temple in the city of Grozny, in Chechnya, Russia. The temple complex is an architectural monument under state protection according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR No. 1.4 km · Eastern Orthodox church building in Grozny, Russia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Michael_the_Archangel) 7. Chechen State Pedagogical Institute The Chechen State Pedagogical Institute is a university in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. 2.4 km · formation institute in Chechnya (Russia) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen_State_Pedagogical_University) 8. Grozny synagogue The Grozny Synagogue was an Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic, North Caucasus, Russia. In 1929, the synagogue was closed, later rebuilt, and repurposed for secular uses. 900 m · synagogue in Grozny, Chechen Republic · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grozny_Synagogue) 9. Akhmat Kadyrov Square Akhmat Kadyrov Square, also known as the Square named after the 1st President of the Chechen Republic, is a public area in Grozny, Chechnya. It is located at the intersection of Vladimir Putin Avenue and Khusein Isaev Avenue. 700 m · square in Grozny (Russia) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhmat_Kadyrov_Square) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Groznensky District **Airports:** Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny (GRV), 8 km · Makhachkala Uytash (MCX), 169 km · Tbilisi (TBS), 193 km\ - Makhachkala → Groznensky District 184 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₽790–1,050 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makhachkala-to-groznensky-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makhachkala&to=Groznensky+District) - Mineralnyye Vody → Groznensky District 196 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · ₽1,060–1,410 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mineralnyye-vody-to-groznensky-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mineralnyye+Vody&to=Groznensky+District) - Astrakhan → Groznensky District 392 km · quickest by road, 7h 29m · ₽1,830–2,430 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/astrakhan-to-groznensky-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Astrakhan&to=Groznensky+District) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Groznensky%20District) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Groznensky District Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Groznensky District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Most of the sites of Grozny are reachable by foot, and there are minibuses within the city. From [Wikivoyage: Chechnya](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chechnya), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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