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The Grozny-City Clocks, located at approximately , are near the
The Grozny-City Clocks, located at approximately , are near the apex
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of the northwest and southeast sides of the Grozny-City Towers, located in Grozny
Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
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, Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
. The towers opened on 5 October 2011, during the birthday celebration for Chechnyan President Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov. Grozny-City Towers is a five-star skyscraper
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hotel
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, 40-storey apartment building, and business centre complex located near Grozny Central Mosque.
Technical information
;Weight The dial of each clock, including the hands and clock movement, weighs about . The steel support structure for each is about . * Hour hand: each * Minute hand: each * Clock movement: each ;Dials The dials of each clock are made of "Bri-Curtain" LED arrays formed ofaluminium
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, designed to both save weight and offer less resistance to wind. Each set of dial markers, 12 markers per dial, is illuminated with light-emitting diode
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s (LED).
;Hands
Each pair of hands is made of seawater-resistant aluminium, statically and dynamically balanced. They measure for the minute hand, and for the hour hand. Illumination is provided by white, high-power LEDs encased in black acrylic glass
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.
See also
*List of largest clock faces
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* List of tallest buildings in Europe
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References
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