Groza -

2. Contemporary Geopolitics: Student Resistance and Military Tech

: Carried by Venera 13 and 14, this instrument utilized electrodes to record discharge currents in the lower Venusian atmosphere.

The name is also associated with several active researchers whose papers contribute to specialized fields:

: An independent media project that tracks political pressure on Russian universities. A 2025 study by Groza and OVD-Info analyzed over 130 cases of administrative persecution, including student expulsions and the dissolution of independent student councils.

On the Soviet missions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, "Groza" was a specialized instrument suite designed to detect lightning and thunderstorms on Venus.