Davydenko (, , ''Şovdana-Yurt'') 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 are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') in

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District Achkhoy-Martanovsky District (; , ''Theẋa-Martan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #40-RZ district (raion), one of fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the distr ...

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

Geography

Davydenko is located on the right bank of the

Sunzha River The Sunzha ( rus, Су́нжа, p=ˈsunʐə; , ; ) is a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great northwest bend of the Terek River and catches most of the rivers t ...

. It is located north of the town of

Achkhoy-Martan Achkhoy-Martan (, , ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Март, ''Theẋa-Mart'') is a town and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporate ...

. The nearest settlements to Davydenko are

Novy Sharoy Novy Sharoy (, ''Kerla-Şara'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Novy Sharoy is incorporated as ...

in the south,

Assinovskaya Assinovskaya is types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') in Sernovodsky District of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Assinovskaya is incorporated as Assinovskoye ...

in the south-west, Sernovodskoye in the north-west, and

Samashki Samashki (; '' Semajaşka'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Samashki is the administrative center and only settlement of the Samashkinskoye rural settlement. Its population was estimated at 12,769 ...

in the north-east.

History

Davydenkov Farm was founded in 1880 by immigrants from

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, who purchased the land. However, there is evidence that Davydenko was actually founded in 1886. As of January 1, 1883, among the Cossack settlements of the 5th section of the Grozny District, it was absent from the list of settlements of the Terek Oblast. According to data from the end of 1889, a location called ''Davydenkova farm'' was present on the list, as a part of the Samashki rural settlement. By mid 1914, Davydenkova farm had about 200 acres of land (22 of them covered with forest). In 31 households, 179 people lived (96 men and 83 women). According to the list of populated places of the North Caucasus in 1925, Davydenko had 366 residents (174 men and 192 women), as well as a pond and an elementary school, among other things. 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 Davydenko was renamed and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast. In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Davydenko.

Population

* 1984 estimate: around 1,000 * 1990 Census: 1,106 * 2002 Census: 1,529 * 2010 Census: 1,702 * 2019 estimate: 1,890 According to the results of the 2002 Census, 1,529 people lived in Davydenko (710 men and 819 women). 98% of the population were ethnic Chechens. According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Davydenko (1,690 or 99.3%) were ethnic Chechens. Of the remaining 12 people - 10 of them were Russians, the last 2 did not specify their ethnic background.

Infrastructure

Davydenko hosts a secondary school, a paramedic-midwife station, a House of Culture, a library, a mosque, and several farms which grow produce such as grapes and wheat.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District