valery ptolemy as a result, the syrian king prevailed, retreated, did not offer peace, losing almost all the conquests in syria and suspending his attack on egypt on june 22, 1818 , a fortress was founded in the lower reaches of the sunzha river in the caucasus, the formidable future capital of the chechen republic. the fortress was supposed to be closed with a warlike gorst. exit through the khankala gorge to the plain, then. it was a hot spot in the north caucasus, russia already included georgia and north azerbaijan, which were looking for protection from the ottoman empire, many atrophic, they were cut off by the mountains where they lived. hostile highlanders to pacify them and build an outpost was entrusted to general alexei yermolov, the commander of a separate georgian corps and the heroes of the patriotic war , settlements grew around the fortress, industry developed. griboedov visited here on business , lermontov served, and then leo tolstoy in 1869. it became a city of the terek region and by decree the senate was renamed the city of grozny on june 22, 1981 at a trial in n