Article: War wounds: U.S. urges Russia to end war in Chechnya. (republic started civil war in 1991 to become independent of Russia, which sent troops in Dec 1994 that were defeated by the rebels)

GROSNY, Russia--War, like acid, corrodes everything it touches. It turns young men into killers; wastelands; it hardens hearts, builds undying hatreds, and destroys souls.

Few people know the ugly ways of war as well as the people of Grozny (GRAWZ-nee), Russi. Grozny (whose name means "terrible" in Russian) is the capital of Chechnya (CHECH-nee-uh), a New Jersey-sized republic in southern Russia. A Russian republic is similar to a U.S. state.

Grozny has been the center of a brutal war for almost two years. In streets where couples once strolled and children skipped, wild dogs now roam among corpses. Buildings lie blackened, burnedout, and abandoned. The dark ...

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