A tourist from Yekaterinburg has praised Grozny for its exceptional street cleanliness and safety, claiming the Chechen capital is better maintained than Moscow.
Alexandra shared her impressions of the North Caucasus city with Russian news outlet Lenta.ru after traveling to the region from her home in the Urals.
She said that the streets in Grozny were kept so clean that she did not see a single piece of litter, adding that she had never encountered such neatness anywhere else in Russia. She admitted feeling envious of the order maintained in the Chechen capital.
The visitor was particularly struck by the complete absence of graffiti on city walls. She explained that street vandalism is a major problem in her home city of Yekaterinburg, where posts are frequently covered in graffiti tags and advertisements for banned substances. In Grozny, she noted, such vandalism is absent, allowing visitors to feel secure. Yekaterinburg is Russia's fourth largest city and serves as the main industrial and cultural center of the Ural region.
Local tourism response
Med Atiyev, the director of the Chechen Tourism Development Department, told Lenta.ru that visitors regularly report feeling comfortable while staying in the republic. He explained that many tourists appreciate the quiet and cultured environment in Grozny, where profanity is never heard on public streets.
Grozny is the administrative capital of the Chechen Republic, located in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia. The city sits along the Sunzha River and has undergone extensive reconstruction in recent decades, developing modern public spaces, broad avenues, and cultural landmarks.
Caspian highway travel
Her comments follow a report by another Russian motorist who described Chechnya as a destination that should be explored at a relaxed pace. That traveler drove the entire Caspian route through Kalmykia and Dagestan to the Azerbaijan border, intentionally selecting the highway through Chechnya for the return leg of the journey.
The Caspian transit corridor passes through diverse landscapes in the Russian south, linking the steppe region of Kalmykia with the coastal territory of Dagestan. Dagestan borders Azerbaijan to the south and Chechnya to the west, making the highway network a key route for road travel across the North Caucasus.
