The restoration of the capital, Grozny, was one of his clear achievements. Grozny was totally destroyed during the first Chechen war; both Russian and foreign observers compared it with WWII Stalingrad and assumed that it would be impossible to restore the city.
他的其中一个明显的政绩就是重建了车臣首都格罗兹尼。这个城市在第一次车臣战争中被炸成了废墟，以致俄罗斯和其他外国观察家都将其喻为二战中的斯大林格勒，认定这个城市已经无法重建并建议车臣另立新都。然而在获得了莫斯科的一大笔赞助后，卡德罗夫便着手重建了格罗兹尼，还为这个城市恢复了一些治安。