Alleroy (russian: Аллерой; ce, Ӏаларой-Эвла, ''Jalaroy-Evla'') is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') in
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 ...
of the
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 ...
,
Russia
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.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Alleroy is incorporated into
Alleroyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.
Geography
Alleroy is located on both banks of the
Michik River at the confluence of the Maly Michik tributary. It is located north-east of the town of
Kurchaloy
Kurchaloy ( ce, Курчалой-ГӀала, ''Kurçaloy-Ġala''; russian: Курчалой) is a town in, and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Kurchal ...
and south-east of the city of
Grozny
Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...
.
The nearest settlements to Alleroy are
Verkhny Noyber in the north,
Koshkeldy in the north-east,
Ishkhoy-Yurt in the east,
Galayty and
Meskety in the south-east, and
Akhmat-Yurt
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 types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a '' ...
in the west.
History
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...
was abolished, the village of Alleroy was renamed to Shuragat, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of
Dagestan. From 1944 to 1957, it was the administrative center of the
Shuragatsky District of the
Dagestan ASSR
The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic av, Дагъистаналъул Автономияб Советияб Социалистияб Жумгьурият az, Дағыстан Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республи ...
.
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Alleroy.
Post-war insurgency in Chechnya
On January 28–29, 2004, a force of
Akhmad Kadyrov
Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov ce, Къадири Ӏабдулхьамидан кӀант Ахьмад-Хьажи, Q̇adiri Jabdulẋamidan khant Aẋmad-Ẋaƶi (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian politician and revolutionar ...
's Security Service and police carried out a mass cleansing operation in Alleroy, which is also the birthplace of rebel president
Aslan Maskhadov
Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; ce, Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was ...
. Two days later Sultan Dadayev, who led the operation, and four of his men were shot dead in Aleroy by pro-Maskhadov fighters.
On May 1, 2004, Alleroy was invaded by fighters from the Akhmed Avdarkhanov group. The combatants went to the home of the Abuyev family, whose son Suleiman worked for Kadyrov Security Service. Suleiman was not at home and the fighters kidnapped Yusup Abuyev, Abukar Abuyev, and Isa Ousmayev. The
hostage
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized, such as a relative, employer, law enforcement or government to act, or refr ...
s' relatives were told the men were kidnapped in retaliation for the murder of Ruslan Dalkhanov, who had been kidnapped from his house by Kadyrov's Security Service under command of Suleiman Abuyev and
torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of tortur ...
d to death. On November 9, 2004, a grave was discovered in the proximity of Aleroy, which contained the bodies of the three men, kidnapped by the Chechen fighters on May 1.
On July 12, 2004, guerrillas entered Avtury. The fighters first blocked all entrances to the village and then in the videotaped attack seized the buildings of the security forces, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing twelve members of pro-Moscow Chechen
militia
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
. A small relief force composed of a carload of
paramilitaries
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was ambushed and destroyed, according to villagers.
Population
* 2002 Census: 10,225
* 2010 Census: 11,132
* 2018 Census: 13,151
According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Alleroy (11,099) were ethnic Chechens, with 33 people from other ethnic backgrounds.
The absolute majority of the village's population are from the
Alleroy teip (clan). To the south of this village lies the clan's ancestral village of the same name,
Alleroy.
Infrastructure
Alleroy hosts three secondary schools, a mosque, and a kindergarten.
Famous natives
*
Akhmed Avdorkhanov - Commander of the Presidential Guard of the
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (; ce, Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI") was a ''de facto'' state that ...
, head of security for
Aslan Maskhadov
Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; ce, Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was ...
.
*
Zaurbek Avdorkhanov - Field commander of armed units of the
Caucasus Emirate
The Caucasus Emirate ( ce, Имарат Кавказ, Imarat Kavkaz, IK; russian: Кавказский эмират, Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a Jihadist ...
. Brother of Akhmed Avdorkhanov.
*
Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov
Khunkar-Pasha Germanovich Israpilov (russian: Хункар-Паша Германович Исрапилов; 13 November 1967 1 February 2000) was a Chechen separatist warlord and an active participant of both the First and Second Chechen Wars ...
- Active participant in the Chechen conflict in the 1990s to 2000s as a field commander.
References
Sources
*Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 2004
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Rural localities in Kurchaloyevsky District