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Tsentaroy, Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechen Republic
Akhmat-Yurt (russian: Ахмат-Юрт; ce, Ахьмад-Йурт, translit=Aẋmad-Yurt), formerly known as Tsentaroy or Tsentoroy in Russian ( or ) and Khosi-Yurt in Chechen (), is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kurchaloyevsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Akhmat-Yurt is incorporated as Akhmat-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it. Geography Akhmat-Yurt is located on both banks of the Michik River. It is north-east of Kurchaloy and south-east of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Akhmat-Yurt are Oyskhara and Verkhny Noyber in the north, Alleroy in the east, Gansolchu in the south, Dzhigurty in the south-west, Bachi-Yurt in the west, and Ilaskhan-Yurt in the north-west. History Foundation The founder of the settlement was Khosa Umakhanov, a member of the teip "Tontaroy", the same teip who founded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chechen Republic
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; with the Russian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia-Alania to its east, north, and west; and with Stavropol Krai to its northwest. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Checheno-Ingush ASSR split into two parts: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which sought independence. Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained ''de facto'' independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although ''de jure'' it remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Tsentoroy Attack
The 2010 Tsentoroy Attack was an insurgent operation carried out on the morning of 29 August 2010 by Chechen rebels in Tsentoroy (also known as Khosi-Yurt), Chechnya, the home village and stronghold of pro-Moscow Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. The assault - which represented the largest and most audacious attack launched in the republic for over a year - is considered to have "shattered" the image of Kadyrov's unshakeable rule in Chechnya, as it was the first time in six years that his seemingly impregnable village had come under attack. Attack According to the rebel website Kavkaz Center, three detachments totaling up to 60 militants (and featuring ten suicide bombers) led by Emirs Zaurbek, Makhran, and Abdurakhman - commanders directly subordinate to Aslambek Vadalov - entered the village around 4:30 a.m. local time. The rebels overran two checkpoints and destroyed an armored personnel carrier before setting fire to ten of the homes of Kadyrov’s closest associates; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Federal District. The republic is the southernmost tip of Russia, sharing land borders with the countries of Azerbaijan and Georgia to the south and southwest, the Russian republics of Chechnya and Kalmykia to the west and north, and with Stavropol Krai to the northwest. Makhachkala is the republic's capital and largest city; other major cities are Derbent, Kizlyar, Izberbash, Kaspiysk and Buynaksk. Dagestan covers an area of , with a population of over 3.1 million, consisting of over 30 ethnic groups and 81 nationalities. With 14 official languages, and 12 ethnic groups each constituting more than 1% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levashinsky District
Levashinsky District (russian: Левашинский райо́н; Dargwa language, Dargwa: Лавашала къатI; av, Лаваша мухъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan, forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') of Levashi, Republic of Dagestan, Levashi. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 70,704, with the population of Levashi accounting for 14.2% of that number. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Levashinsky District is one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan, forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-Ингу́шская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, Checheno-Ingushskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (Checheno-Ingush ASSR) was an autonomous republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in existence from 1936 to 1944 and again from 1957 to 1992. Its capital was Grozny. As of the 1979 census, the territory had an area of and a population of 611,405 being Chechens, 134,744 Ingush, and the rest being Russians and other ethnic groups. History Russian Empire In 1810, the historical Ingushetia voluntarily joined Imperial Russia, and in 1859 the historical Chechnya was annexed to Russia as well, during the long Caucasian war o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imam Shamil
Imam Shamil ( av, Шейх Шамил, Şeyx Şamil; ar, الشيخ شامل; russian: Имам Шамиль; 26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Sunni Muslim Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Sufi Tariqa. Family and early life Imam Shamil was born in 1797 into an Avar Muslim family. He was born in the small village (aul) of Gimry, (in present-day Dagestan, Russia). He was originally named Ali, but following local tradition, his name was changed when he became ill. His father, Dengau, was a landlord, and this position allowed Shamil and his close friend Ghazi Mollah to study many subjects, including Arabic and logic. Shamil grew up at a time when the Russian Empire was expanding into the territories of the Ottoman Empire and of Persia (see Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) and Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)). Many Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teip
Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский словарь: “схьаIенадала-такхадала”; ''and' ) are Chechen and Ingush tribal organizations or clans, self-identified through descent from a common ancestor or geographic location. It is a sub-unit of the tukkhum and shahar. There are about 150 Chechen and 120 Ingush teips. Teips played an important role in the socioeconomic life of the Chechen and Ingush peoples before and during the Middle Ages, and continue to be an important cultural part to this day. Traditional teip rules and features Common teip rules and some features: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaskhan-Yurt
Ilaskhan-Yurt (russian: Иласхан-Юрт; ce, Илсхан-Йурт, ''Ilsxan-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in the Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (russian: Курчалоевский райо́н; ce, Курчалойн кӀошт, ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Repub ... in the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: References Rural localities in Chechnya {{Chechnya-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachi-Yurt
Bachi-Yurt (russian: Бачи-Юрт, ce, БӀачи-Йурт, ''Bjaçi-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Bachi-Yurt is incorporated as Bachi-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it. Geography Bachi-Yurt is located on both banks of the Gansol River. It is north-east of Kurchaloy and south-east of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Bachi-Yurt are Melchki in the north, Oyskhara and Verkhny Noyber in the north-east, Akhmat-Yurt in the east, Dzhigurty in the south, Mayrtup in the south-west, and Ilaskhan-Yurt in the north-west. History In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Bachi-Yurt was renamed to Pervomayskoye, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzhigurty
Dzhigurty (russian: Джигурты, ce, ЖугӀурта, ''Ƶuġurta'') is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Dzhigurty is incorporated as Dzhigurtinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it. Geography Dzhigurty is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and is south-east of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Dzhigurty are Bachi-Yurt and Akhmat-Yurt in the north-east, Gansolchu in the south-east, Akhkinchu-Borzoy and Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the south, Khidi-Khutor in the south-west, and Mayrtup in the north-west. History The name Dzhigurty originates from the ce, жагӏа ара тӏе, translating roughly as "gravel meadow". Weapons such as daggers and blades were made in the village. Due to this, during the 18th and 19th centuries, Dzhigurty became a center for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
