Yandi (russian: Янди, ce, Янди-КӀотар, ''Yandi-Khotar'') 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

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District Achkhoy-Martanovsky District (russian: Ачхо́й-Марта́новский райо́н; ce, Тӏеьха-Мартан кӏошт, ''Theẋa-Martan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #40-RZ district (raion), one of fif ...

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, Yandi is incorporated as Yandinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Yandi is located on the right bank of the Netkhoy River. It is located south-east of the town of

Achkhoy-Martan Achkhoy-Martan (russian: Ачхой-Мартан, ce, Iашхой-Марта, ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Марта, ''Theẋa-Marta'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in, and the a ...

and south-west 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 Yandi are

Katyr-Yurt Katyr-Yurt (russian: Катыр-Юрт or Катар-Юрт, ce, Котар-Йурт, ''Kotar-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Katyr-Yurt is in ...

and

Valerik Valerik may refer to: *Valerik River, a river in the Chechen Republic, Russia *Battle of the Valerik River, 1840 battle fought at this river * Valerik (poem), Mikhail Lermontov's poem about this battle * Valerik, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, a rura ...

in the north-east, Gekhi in the east,

Shalazhi Shalazhi (russian: link=no, Шалажи; ce, Шалажа, ''Şalaƶa'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in the Urus-Martanovsky District, the Chechen Republic, Russia. Geography Shalazhi is located west of the republic on the foothills of ...

in the south-east, and Stary Achkhoy in the west.

History

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 Yandi was renamed to Orekhovo, and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of

Grozny Oblast Grozny Oblast (russian: Гро́зненская о́бласть) was an administrative entity (an ''oblast'') of the Russian SFSR that was established as Grozny Okrug () on 7 March 1944 and abolished on 9 January 1957. Formation After the 194 ...

. In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Yandi.

Population

* 1990 Census: 2,339 * 2002 Census: 1,510 * 2010 Census: 2,488 * 2019 estimate: 2,618 According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Yandi were ethnic Chechens.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District