Pin made in the Soviet Union, Chechnya. The text on the pin reads:”Grozny”. Grozny is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 271,573.
Although over 50,000 Chechens and over 12,000 Ingush were fighting against Nazi Germany on the front lineand Nazi German troops were fought to a complete stop after capturing half of the Caucasus in less than a month, Chechens and Ingush were falsely accused as Nazi supporters and entire nations were deported during Operation Lentil to the Kazakh SSR (later Kazakhstan) in 1944 near the end of World War II where over 60% of Chechen and Ingush populations perished.