It's hard to find a city more devastated, deserted, and dangerous than Grozny, capital of Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya. Razed three times over the course of two wars fought between Russian federal forces and Chechen rebels since 1994, it's littered with land mines and ruins. Thousands of residents have fled, and those that remain live in half-destroyed apartment complexes, tending cows and other animals that wander around grounds planted with signs warning of active mines. Every few blocks, there are checkpoints manned by baby-faced Russian soldiers wearing black, fingerless gloves, the better to get a grip on their Kalashnikovs in case snipers attack. The city's name is disturbingly accurate: Grozny is Russian for menacing. (Ivan the Terrible is called Ivan Grozny in Russian.) "Life is horrible," says Amina Tatayeva, 47, who works on economic development for the regional administration.
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机译：与俄罗斯脱离的车臣共和国的首府格罗兹尼相比，很难找到一个比这座城市更遭受破坏，荒芜和危险的城市。自1994年以来，在俄罗斯联邦部队和车臣叛军之间进行的两次战争中，该战场被夷为平地，三处都是地雷和废墟。成千上万的居民逃离了家，剩下的人住在半毁的公寓大楼里，抚养着奶牛和其他动物，在种有活动地雷的迹象的土地上徘徊。每隔几个街区，都会有一个由戴黑色无指手套的娃娃脸俄罗斯士兵操纵的检查站，以防狙击手袭击卡拉什尼科夫部队。这座城市的名字令人不安地是准确的：格罗兹尼（Grozny）是威胁俄罗斯的俄语。 （可怕的伊万（Ivan the Terrible）俄语叫伊万·格罗兹尼（Ivan Grozny）。）“生活太可怕了，”现年47岁的阿米娜·塔塔耶娃（Amina Tatayeva）说道，他致力于地区政府的经济发展。
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