The Argun (russian: Аргу́н, ce, Orga, ka, არღუნი - ''arghuni''), also known as Chantiy-Argun, cognate with one of the biggest Chechen teips Chantiy, is a river in the

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. It flows through the northern

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, and 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 ...

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. It is an affluent of the Sunzha and lies within the river basin of the Terek. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river has its sources on the northern slopes of the Caucasus in

Khevsureti Khevsureti (Georgian: ხევსურეთი, ''a land of valleys'') is a historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia. They are the branch of Kartvelian (Georgian) people located along both the northern (Pirikita khevsureti, Georgian: ...

, Georgia. The Argun flows in western Chechnya through Itum-Kalinsky and

Shatoysky District Shatoysky District (russian: Шатойский райо́н; ce, Шуьйтан кӏошта, ''Şüytan khoşta'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #41-RZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Chechen Rep ...

s. This area was the first place where

Chechens The Chechens (; ce, Нохчий, , Old Chechen: Нахчой, ''Naxçoy''), historically also known as ''Kisti'' and ''Durdzuks'', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe. "Europ ...

established themselves and many ruins of former villages built in the traditional style can still be seen. The Argun serves as a natural border between the Shalinsky and the

Groznensky District Groznensky District (russian: Гро́зненский райо́н; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀалин кӀошт, ''Sölƶa-Ġalin khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #12-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen ...

s. The occupation of its valley by the Russians in 1858 was an important event in the last phase of the

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. Before the

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and

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russia, Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from Augus ...

s the region around the river was populated by numerous farms and houses. The town of Argun is named after the river. On September 7, 2008, the only bridge crossing the Argun River, connecting northern and southern territories of Chechnya, collapsed. Drivers caught on the bridge escaped without injury. A federal road administration representative linked the accident to abnormal stress from heavy military vehicles. gazeta.ru, September 7, 200

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