Grozny-City

The architectural design belongs to Deniz Ceyhun Baykan and Structural design was done by Yüksel Konkan. 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 hotel, 40-storey apartment building, and business centre complex located near Grozny Central Mosque.^{[citation needed]}

 

The Grozny-City Clocks, located at approximately 43°18′57″N 45°41′48″E / 43.3158°N 45.6967°E / 43.3158; 45.6967, are near the apex of the northwest and southeast sides of the Grozny-City Towers.^{[citation needed]}

Weight

The dial of each clock, including the hands and clock movement, weighs about 5,200 kilograms (5.7 short tons).

• Hour hand: 250 kilograms (550 lb) each
• Minute hand: 400 kilograms (880 lb) each
• Clock movement: 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) each^{[citation needed]}

Dials

The dials of each clock are made of "Bri-Curtain" LED arrays formed of aluminium, designed to both save weight and offer less resistance to wind.

Hands

Each pair of hands is made of seawater-resistant aluminium, statically and dynamically balanced. They measure 7,300 millimetres (290 in) for the minute hand, and 5,500 millimetres (220 in) for the hour hand.

2013 fire

On April 3, 2013, the Facade Clocks caught fire and one side of the 40-story building was engulfed in flames. No one was injured or killed in the blaze. More than 100 firefighters and 16 fire engines fought the blaze. The building known locally as "Olympus" housed a 5 star luxury hotel and an apartment belonging to French film star and French tax exile Gérard Depardieu, whose apartment was on the 27th floor facing the "Heart of Grozny."

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