Groznyj Grad

Groznyj Grad, Tselinoyarsk, USSR (circa. September 1, 1964)

Groznyj Grad (Russian: Грозный Град, "Terrible Fortress" or "Terrible City") is a former Soviet military fortress located in Tselinoyarsk and the main foward operating base for Sentinel Corp. and Los Extranjeros. Using the Philosophers Legacy, Soviet Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin funded the creation of the military fortress situated on the mountains to complete the creation of the Shagohod, a nuclear armed tank.

During Operation Snake Eater, Naked Snake would infiltrate Groznyj Grad twice with two entrances in order to destroy the Shagohod. One of them was in Krasnogorje where the underground tunnel was where he would then disguise himself as Major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov, Volgin's second-in-command and lover, in order to rescue Sokolov. He would then be caught be Volgin and The Boss where he was then tortured by Volgin and also resulting him losing his right eye by an accidential gunshot by Ocelot. He would the escape in the sewers and jumped into the river which resulted him entering the afterlife in the River of Sorrow where he would then "fight" The Sorrow. Using a revival pill, he would then wash up into Tikhogornyj and meet up with EVA.

The second time he would then use the entrance behind the waterfall and eventually made it to the Shagohod hanger and use the C3 given to him until Volgin caught up to him, whih the two of them fought just before the hanger was destroyed. Both EVA and Snake escape Groznyj Grad by quad bike just before Volgin takes control of the Shagohod and use it to kill Snake and EVA. The two of them would fight. Volgin was defeted before he was struck by lightning, destroying the Shagohod and severly buring Volgin before later, during the Phantom Pain Incident, became The Man on Fire. Both EVA and Snake would then get escape from Groznyj Grad and into Lazorevo.

During the Tselinoyarsk Incident, Los Extranjeros and Sentinel Corp would then refurinsh the base and made it their HQ/FOB for their troops throughout the area of Tselinoyarsk. Because of it's increased security, no monster girls would enter this area due it being aggresivly monitored 24/7. Delta Squad, along with the help of Yae Shichihou, Oriha and Kuruse, would infiltrate the fortress and destroy an unknown weapon.

During that time, the Legionnarie's Mercenaries would then become apart of the defence force in Groznyj Grad while conducting their own experiments., creating bio-engineered sleeper agents. One of these experiments, Belka Valentina, was able to escape from the lab and go into hiding in Japan.

During the Mamano Invasion of Tselinoyarsk, the Fuerzas Nationales de Defensa began a silent invasion of Tselinoyarsk and started setting up their base of operations in Groznyj Grad and the mountainside outposts of Krasnogorje in order to store PG-240X in a portable freezer unit along with the help of Sentinel Corp and Los Extranjeros.

### Areas

* **Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab East Wing:** A barracks/relaxation area for the PMC's and the high-ranked officals.
* **Groznyj Grad Main Wing:** The main wing of the fortress which houses the Shagohod Hanger. Naked Snake fought Volgin in here during Operation Snake Eater.
* **Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab West Wing:** The main area for expirementaly weapons and equipment development. Contains a communications area.
* **Groznyj Grad Torture Room:** POW's captured would be tortured in here.
* **Groznyj Grad Sewers:** The main sewers of Groznyj Grad leading to a waterfall heavily patrolled by drones. One of EVA's escape routes when Naked Snake escaped after being tortured.
* **Groznyj Grad Runway:** A small runway used as the main testing area for the Shagohod.
* **Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge:** A heavily-guarded checkpoint used as the main entrance for personel. Naked Snake and EVA fought Volgin in here piloting the Shagohod during Operation Snake Eater.