Editing Grozny (section)

===After the wars===
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The federal government representatives of Chechnya are based in Grozny. Since 2003, the city has been rebuilt from scratch.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shevelkina|first1=Julia|title=Seven years after the end of the war, is it safe to travel in Chechnya?|url=https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/11/25/seven-years-after-the-end-of-the-war-is-it-safe-to-travel-in-chechnya_651095|publisher=[[RBTH]]|date=November 25, 2016}}</ref> Out of several dozens of industrial enterprises, three have been partially rebuilt&nbsp;– the Grozny Machine-Building Factory, the ''Krasny Molot'' (Red Hammer) and ''Transmash'' factories.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Russ|first1=Alex|title=Introduction|date=2017-06-01|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501705823.003.0001|work=Urban Environmental Education Review|publisher=Cornell University Press|access-date=2022-02-25|last2=Krasny|first2=Marianne E.|editor1-first=Alex|editor1-last=Russ|editor2-first=Marianne E|editor2-last=Krasny|editor3-first=Alex|editor3-last=Russ|editor4-first=Marianne E|editor4-last=Krasny|doi=10.7591/cornell/9781501705823.003.0001|isbn=9781501705823}}</ref>

Although most of the city's infrastructure was destroyed during the war, the city's sewage, water, electricity and heating systems have since been repaired, along with {{convert|250|km|sp=us}} of roads, 13 bridges and some 900 shops.<ref name="new">[http://au.businessinsider.com/the-glittering-new-face-of-the-once-war-torn-capital-of-chechnya-2012-2 The Glittering New Face Of The Once War-Torn Capital Of Chechnya] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628202221/http://au.businessinsider.com/the-glittering-new-face-of-the-once-war-torn-capital-of-chechnya-2012-2 |date=June 28, 2013 }} Retrieved on April 23, 2012</ref> Before the war, Grozny had about 79,000 apartments, and the city authorities expected to be able to restore about 45,000 apartments; the rest were in buildings that were completely destroyed.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/29/europe/chechen.1-143231.php?page=2 Under the Kremlin's iron hand, Chechnya is reborn]</ref>

[[Railway]] connection was restored in 2005, and [[Grozny Airport|Grozny's airport]] was reopened in 2007 with three weekly flights to Moscow. In 2009 the IAC gave Grozny's Severny airport the [[international airport|international certificate]] after checking and evaluating the airport's [[airworthiness]]. On 16 November 2009, the airport had its first international flight, taking pilgrims on [[Hajj]] to Saudi Arabia via a [[Boeing 747]].<ref>[http://chechnyatoday.com/en/content/view/2245/314/ International Certificate goes to Grozny Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128115749/http://chechnyatoday.com/en/content/view/2245/314/ |date=November 28, 2009 }}</ref>

After four years of construction, the [[Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque]] was formally opened to the public on 16 October 2008, and is one of the largest mosques in Europe.<ref name="new"/> In 2009, the city of Grozny was honoured by the [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|UN Human Settlements Program]] for transforming the war-scarred city and providing new homes for thousands.<ref>[http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=19&catid=588&cid=7291 The 2009 Scroll of Honour Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927202525/http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?typeid=19&catid=588&cid=7291 |date=September 27, 2009 }}</ref>