Zakan-Yurt (russian: Закан-Юрт, ce, Заки-Эвла, ''Zaki-Evla'') 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 fi ...

, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Zakan-Yurt is incorporated as Zakan-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Zakan-Yurt is located on the southern slope of the Sunzhensky Ridge, opposite from the confluence of the

Assa River The Assa (Tsirtslovn-Tskhali, russian: Асса, Цирцловн-Цхали, ka, ასა, ce, Iaьса-хи, inh, Эса-хий) is a right tributary of the Sunzha in Georgia and Russia. It is located in Dusheti Municipality of Mtskheta-Mtia ...

into the

Sunzha River The Sunzha ( rus, Су́нжа, p=ˈsunʐə, inh, Шолжа, Sholʒə, ce, Соьлжа, Sölƶa, p=sɥølʒə) is a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great nort ...

. It is located north-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan 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 po ...

. The nearest settlements to Zakan-Yurt are Alkhan-Kala in the east,

Khambi-Irze Khambi-Irze (russian: Хамби-Ирзи, ce, Хаьмбин-Ирзе, ''Xämbin-Irze'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Khambi-Irze is incorporate ...

in the south-east,

Shaami-Yurt Shaami-Yurt (russian: Шаами-Юрт, ce, ШаӀми-Йурт, ''Şajmi-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Shaami-Yurt is incorporated as Sh ...

in the south-west, and

Samashki Samashki (russian: Самашки; ce, СемаӀашка, '' Semajaşka'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Samashki is the administrative center and only settlement of the Samashkinskoye rural settle ...

in the north-west.

History

The village was first founded in 1851 or 1853, according to different sources, with the name of Zakan-Yurtovskaya (from 1913-1924 - called Romanovskaya) as a part of the

Sunzhensky Cossack line Sunzhensky (masculine), Sunzhenskaya (feminine), or Sunzhenskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Sunzhensky District Sunzhunsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Sunzhensky District, Chechen Republic, an ...

. Later, on Order number 01721, the entire Cossack population of the village was evicted. The empty village was then handed to Chechen control. It was populated by Chechens and renamed to Zakan-Yurt at this time. 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 Zakan-Yurt was renamed to Prigorodnoye, 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 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Zaki-Evla. On 1 January 2020, the territory of the Samashki Forestry was transferred from

to Zakan-Yurt, and became known as Zakan-Yurt Forestry.

Population

* 1990 Census: 5,093 * 2002 Census: 4,928 * 2010 Census: 5,835 * 2019 estimate: 6,713 According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Zakan-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure

Zakan-Yurt hosts two secondary schools, a kindergarten, and a state farm.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District