Chernokozovo

Coordinates: 43°40′32″N 45°21′11″E / 43.675465°N 45.353037°E Chernokozovo (Чернокозово) is a small village[1] in Naursky District of northern Chechnya, which is a site of an infamous Russian prison.

Chernokozovo is located north of the Terek River. In 1999, the village had about 3,000 residents. At the beginning of the Second Chechen War, Chernokozovo defended by Chechen separatist forces and the Russians bombed the village and shelled it with the BM-21 Grad rocket artillery systems.[2]

Chernokozovo prison

References

  1. ↑ Street trading in the Chernokozovo village, RIAN, 01.03.2003
  2. ↑ In a Front-Line Chechen Village: Missiles, Bombs and Resistance, The New York Times, October 05, 1999