Dargo (, , ''Därġa'', rough translation: "blades") 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 are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') in

Vedensky District Vedensky District (; , ''Vedanan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #14-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . ...

Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Dargo is incorporated into Darginskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Dargo is located on the right bank of the Aksay River, opposite from the village of Belgatoy. It is located east of

Vedeno Vedeno (; , ''Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Vedeno is incorporated into Vedenskoye rural settlement. It is the adm ...

. The nearest settlements to Dargo are Dzhani-Vedeno in the west, Belgatoy in the north-west, Gurzhi-Mokhk and Koren-Benoy in the north-east, and Benoy-Vedeno in the east.

History

Until 1845, the village was the residence of

Imam Shamil Imam Shamil (; ; ; ; ; 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 ...

, but after desperate resistance, it was taken by the Russian army, under the command of Count Vorontsov. Imam Shamil then fled the village. In the fall of 1919, the

North Caucasian Emirate The North Caucasian Emirate () was a mainly Avar and Chechen Islamic state that existed in the territory of Chechnya and western Dagestan during the Russian Civil War from September 1919 to March 1920. The emirate's temporary capital was estab ...

was created, which existed until March, 1920. During this time, emirate coins were minted in Dargo. In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the

Chechen-Ingush ASSR When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Repub ...

was abolished, the village of Dargo was renamed to Tsiyabroso, and settled by Avars from the neighboring republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, 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 Fede ...

. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR or DASSR and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union ...

. In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Darga.

Population

* 1990 Census: 2,255 * 2002 Census: 1,190 * 2010 Census: 2,160 * 2019 Census: 2,435 According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Dargo (2,120) were ethnic Chechens, with 40 people coming from other ethnic backgrounds or who did not specify their ethnic background.

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Administrative and municipal status

Geography

History

Population

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