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Polina Zherebtsova 's Journal  : Chechnya 1999-2002 is the edited diary kept by Polina Zherebtsova while she was living in Grozny , the capital of the Chechen Republic .. diary. diary. Polina Zherebtsova. Polina Zherebtsova. Grozny. Grozny. Chechen Republic. Chechen Republic. It was published in September 2011 .. Zherebtsova wrote the diary when she was 14 -- 17 years old , from the beginning of The Second Chechen War until December 2002 .. diary. diary. Second Chechen War. Second Chechen War. It tells the story of ethnic relations between Russian and Chechen peoples and of the lives of civilians during the war .. Russian. Russians. This book is non-fiction , but real names were changed by the author in the book .. non-fiction. non-fiction. According to The Guardian , Zherebtsova said of the book  :. The Guardian. The Guardian