Borzoy (russian: Борзо́й; ce, Борзе, ''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 ''
selo'') in
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 fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.It ...
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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,
[Decree #500] located on the left bank of the
Argun River. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 4,063.
In 1944, after the
forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush populations, Borzoy was renamed Alpiyskoye ()
[Patiyev, p. 135] and settled by migrants from neighboring
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 C ...
. When the
was reinstated in 1957, the migrants were moved back to Dagestan and the old name was restored.
References
Notes
Sources
*
*Якуб Патиев (''Yakub Patiyev'').
Ингуши: депортация, возвращение, реабилитация, 1944-2004: документы, материалы, комментарии (''The Ingush people: deportation, return, rehabilitation, 1944–2004: documents, materials, comments''). Изд. "Сердало", 2004.
Rural localities in Chechnya
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