--- title: "Grozny – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Grozny from Makhachkala, Mineralnyye Vody and Astrakhan: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Grozny is the capital city…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/grozny" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/grozny.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%22%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%22.jpg" --- ![Grozny](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%22%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%22.jpg) # Grozny Grozny is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. [Plan a trip to Grozny](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Grozny) [From Makhachkala](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makhachkala&to=Grozny) ## Every way there - Makhachkala → Grozny 152 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · ₽600–800 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makhachkala-to-grozny) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makhachkala&to=Grozny) - Mineralnyye Vody → Grozny 228 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · ₽1,110–1,480 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mineralnyye-vody-to-grozny) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mineralnyye+Vody&to=Grozny) - Astrakhan → Grozny 385 km · quickest by road, 6h 47m · ₽1,710–2,280 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/astrakhan-to-grozny) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Astrakhan&to=Grozny) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. The field note What is in and around Grozny, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move. [Read the note on Grozny](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grozny) What Grozny has - Y Scheduled flights Grozny (GRV), 8 km - N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country - N Ferries no crossing within 25 km - Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band - N Bike and scooter share no share feed known - N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Sunzha, 53 km. 43.313°, 45.699° The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533, up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 census, but still less than the 399,688 recorded in the 1989 census prior to destruction of the city in two wars in Chechnya. It was previously known as Groznaya. Get in ## Getting to Grozny Because Grozny was devastated by years of war, transportation is often tricky and hard as much of Grozny's transportation system has been destroyed. However, since reconstruction began, it's possible to take a flight to the city or use a train, bus or the convenient highway system. 1. Grozny Airport A night train departs from Moscow every second day, taking two nights. See ## Worth seeing 1. Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque Completed in 2008 and locally known as the Heart of Chechnya, this is by far the largest mosque in Russia and one of the more lavish in the world. Do ## Things to do On weekends, you can go and watch some football at the Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium. FC Terek Grozny plays there in the Russian Premier League. Eat ## Where to eat Café Oasis is a reasonable place to eat in central Grozny, although it may be difficult to find so a guide may be needed. Zhizhig & Galnash is a nice place serving Chechen cuisine right in the centre, at Putin Ave 5A How locals move ## Getting around Grozny the local way - 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. Last edited 2026-05. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grozny) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Grozny), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/grozny, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt