Tsotsi-Yurt (russian: Цоци-Юрт, ce, Цоци-Эвла, ''Coci-Evla'') is a village (selo) in
Kurchaloyevsky District
Kurchaloyevsky District (russian: Курчалоевский райо́н; ce, Курчалойн кӀошт, ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Repub ...
,
Chechnya
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 ...
.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Tsotsi-Yurt is incorporated as
Tsotsi-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.
Geography
Tsotsi-Yurt is located on both banks of the
Khulkhulau River. It is located north-west of the town of
Kurchaloy
Kurchaloy ( ce, Курчалой-ГӀала, ''Kurçaloy-Ġala''; russian: Курчалой) is a town in, and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Kurchal ...
and south-east of the city of
Grozny
Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...
.
The nearest settlements to Tsotsi-Yurt are
Dzhalka
Dzhalka (russian: Джалка, ce, Жалкх, ''Ƶalq'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Dzhalka i ...
and
Novy Engenoy to the north,
Ilaskhan-Yurt
Ilaskhan-Yurt (russian: Иласхан-Юрт; ce, Илсхан-Йурт, ''Ilsxan-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in the Kurchaloyevsky District in the Chechen Republic, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a ...
to the north-east,
Geldagana
Geldagana (russian: Гелдагана, ce, Гелдагана), also spelled as Geldagan, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Geldagana is incorporated as G ...
to the south-east,
Avtury
Avtury (russian: Автуры; ce, Эвтара, ''Evtara'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Khulkhulau River, east of Shali. Population:
It was supposedly founded in ...
to the south,
Germenchuk to the south-west,
Mesker-Yurt to the west, and the city of
Argun to the north-west.
History
According to legend, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was founded by a man named Tsotsa, a member of the
Meskroy teip
Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский сл ...
.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and 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 ...
was abolished, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was renamed to Oktyabrskoye and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of
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 ...
.
During the early 1990s, the village regained its old Chechen name, Tsotsi-Yurt.
Population
* 2002 Census: 15,935
* 2010 Census: 18,306
* 2018 estimate: 20,317
According to the 2010 census, the majority of residents of Tsotsi-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.
Infrastructure
All of Tsotsi-Yurt is supplied by gas and water pipelines. It lies on the public transport route from Grozny to Kurchaloy.
The village has three schools,
several kindergartens and a clinic. There is a small agricultural and industrial economy in the village.
References
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Rural localities in Kurchaloyevsky District