Nazran (Russian: Назра́нь) is a town in Russia. It was a capital of the Republic of Ingushetia until 2002. It is located at 43°13′N 44°46′E, population is 125,066 (2002). The Republic of Ingushetia (Ingush: ÐIалгIай ÐÐ¾Ñ Ðº; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Town status since 1967. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
NAZRAN, Russia - Rebels stormed a Ingushetia next to breakaway Chechnya in the early hours, killing dozens of people including its interior minister, in the bloodiest armed raid by Chechen rebels in years.
Six bodies, three of them completely burnt, were lying in a central square, with bloodstains and fragments of brain splattered on the ground and the wrecks of four destroyed vehicles, including a police mini-bus, an AFP correponded at the scene reported.
At a checkpoint at the entrance to Nazran where a major gunbattle had raged that reportedly killed 20 people, three bodies were on the ground.
Nazran is the main city in the Ingushetia region, which has suffered frequent spillover violence from neighbouring Chechnya to the east, as well as attacks by its own militants and criminal gangs...
Nazran, Russia Bashir Mutsulgov was in deep conversation with one of his students from a nearby college when two cars intercepted him just metres from his front door...
Nazran, Russia Despite an official report of 70 percent voter turnout in Chechnya, most polling stations in the war-shattered republic appeared to be practically empty in Russia's nationwide parliament elections Sunday.