Assinovskaya (russian: Ассиновская, ce, Эха-Борзе, ''Exa-Borze'') 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 ''

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...

'') in

Sunzhensky District Sunzhunsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Sunzhensky District, Chechen Republic, an administrative and municipal district of the Chechen Republic * Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia, ...

Chechnya 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 ...

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Assinovskaya is incorporated as Assinovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Map of Sunzhensky District, Chechnya (rural settlements) after 8 Sep 2019

The village of Assinovskaya is located on the left bank of the

Assa River The Assa (Tsirtslovn-Tskhali, russian: Асса, Цирцловн-Цхали, ka, ასა, ce, Iaьса-хи, inh, Эса-хий) is a right tributary of the Sunzha in Georgia and Russia. It is located in Dusheti Municipality of Mtskheta-Mtia ...

(hence the name). It is located south of the village of Sernovodskoye and west 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 pop ...

. The nearest settlements to Assinovskaya are Sernovodskoye in the north,

Novy Sharoy Novy Sharoy (russian: Новый Шарой, ce, Керла-Шара, ''Kerla-Şara'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Novy Sharoy is incorporated as ...

in the east,

Achkhoy-Martan Achkhoy-Martan (russian: Ачхой-Мартан, ce, Iашхой-Марта, ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Марта, ''Theẋa-Marta'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in, and the a ...

in the south-east,

Bamut Bamut (russian: Бамут, ce, Буммат, ''Bummat'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Sernovodsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Bamut is in ...

in the south, and Berd-Yurt and Nesterovskaya in the west.

History

The village of Assinovskaya was founded in 1847 on the land of the Karabulak aul of Akh-Borzoy. According to official maps at the time, the aul and the village existed simultaneously, so on the map of the for 1871, there are the village of Assinskaya and the aul of Akhbarzoy, which is located on the opposite (right) bank of the Assa river, with Assinovskaya on the left, at the mouth of the Zheltukha stream. In the summer of 1992, the church in the village was attacked. About 30 attackers broke religious items, shot at the icons and images with machine guns, and raided the altar. In 1997, the new abbot of the church was killed in another attack, and the walls of the church were burned. In 2013, the rebuilding of the church was finally completed, and the building was reopened. In 1994, the residents of the village wrote a letter to the former President of the Russian Federation,

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

, with a plea for help, and explaining the facts of robbery, kidnapping and murder against ethnic Russian residents of the village. On 28 March 1999 and 8 April 1999, two Orthodox priests in the village were kidnapped. Peter Sukhonosov, the Archpriest, was killed, and priest Sergey Potapov was released. In 2003, the village of Assinovskaya, together with Sernovodskoye, were transferred to

Population

* 1939 Census: 6,004 * 1959 Census: 7,314 * 1970 Census: 7,492 * 1979 Census: 7,020 * 1990 Census: 6,969 * 2002 Census: 10,248 * 2010 Census: 10,184 * 2019 estimate: 10,992 According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Assinovskaya (10,058 or 98.76%) were ethnic Chechens, with 126 people (1.24%) coming from other ethnic backgrounds.

References

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