Koren-Benoy (, ''Köran-Bena'') is a village (selo) in

Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (; , ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is one of the fifteen administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), in the Chechen Republic, Russia. The area of the district is and is located east of the republic. Its a ...

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, Koren-Benoy is incorporated into Khidi-Khutorskoye rural settlement. It is one of two settlements included in it.

Geography

Koren-Benoy is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is south-east of the town of

Kurchaloy Kurchaloy (, ''Kurçaloy-Ġala''; ) is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population: Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Kurchaloy is incorporated as Kurchaloyevsky urban settlement. It is ...

and is south-east of the city of

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

. The nearest settlements to Koren-Benoy are Khidi-Khutor in the north, Belty and Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the north-east, Malye Shuani in the east,

Achereshki Achereshki (, ''Açarşka''), also spelled as Achireshki, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Achereshki is incorporated into Regitinskoye rural settlement. I ...

in the south-east,

Enikali Enikali (, ''Enaqälla'') is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Enikali is incorporated as Enikalinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipalit ...

in the south, and Regita in the west.

History

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 Koren-Benoy was renamed, and settled by people from the neighbouring 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 until 1957, the village was a part of the Shuragatsky 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, Kuran-Bena.

Population

* 1990 Census: 279 * 2002 Census: 149 * 2010 Census: 413 * 2019 estimate: ? According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Koren-Benoy were ethnic Chechens.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Kurchaloyevsky District