Prigorodny District (russian: При́городный райо́н, Prigorodny Raion; os, Горæтгæроны район, Gorætgærony Rajon; inh, ГӀалме Шахьар, Ghalme Shaꜧar) is an administrative
[Law #34-RZ] and municipal
[Law #18-RZ] district (
raion), one of the
eight
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8 or eight may also refer to:
Years
* AD 8, the eighth year of the AD era
* 8 BC, the eighth year before the AD era
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*The Eight (Ashcan School), a group of twentieth century painters associated with the As ...
in the
Republic of North Ossetia–Alania,
Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Oktyabrskoye.
Population: 102,990 (
2002 Census);
The population of Oktyabrskoye accounts for 9.6% of the district's total population.
History
Unlike the rest of the republic where
Ossetians account for the majority of the population, the district has a significant
Ingush population. The district in its eastern part is considered a troublesome zone of the republic due to the high
tensions between the Ingush and Ossetians. Due to the North Caucasian conflicts it is now Ossetian-majority.
The eastern part of Prigorodny District used to be a part of Ingushetia (which was a part of the
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...
at the time), but it was transferred to North Ossetia in 1944 after
Stalin accused the Ingush of collaborating with the
Nazis
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,
deported the entire population to
Central Asia, and dissolved the autonomy. This led to the present-day tensions, which started after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
.
Notable people
*
Issa Kodzoev
Issa Ayupovich Kodzoev (russian: Исса́ Аю́пович Кодзо́ев; inh, Коазой Аюпа Ӏийса; born 12 August 1938) is an Ingush Ingush may refer to:
* Ingush language
* Ingush people
The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIа ...
(1938-), Ingush politician, writer, poet, playwright
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Ossetia-Ingushetia
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Districts of North Ossetia–Alania