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15-497: Municipally, Akhmat-Yurt is incorporated as Akhmat-Yurtovskoye rural settlement . It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it. Akhmat-Yurt is located on both banks of the Michik River . It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-east of Kurchaloy and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny . The nearest settlements to Akhmat-Yurt are Oyskhara and Verkhny Noyber in

30-403: A famous campaign on Kizlyar, according to writer A. P. Berzhye. After the occupation of Chechnya by the tsarist troops, Russian authorities began the process of enlarging settlements. This involved uniting small auls, as well as resettling the inhabitants of small farms to larger villages and then liquidating the farms. This was done to ease management, as it was almost impossible to manage all of

45-438: Is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District , Chechnya . Population: 22,723 ( 2010 Census ) ; 20,857 ( 2002 Census ) ; Municipally, Kurchaloy is incorporated as Kurchaloyevsky urban settlement . It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. Kurchaloy is also the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District . The town of Kurchaloy

60-628: Is dominated by agriculture, mostly the cultivation of crops and sugar beets. Most of the existing agricultural processing enterprises were damaged or destroyed during the Chechen Wars. There is one electro-mechanical plant in Kurchaloy, which produces energy-saving lighting equipment. The plant started its operations on 1 January 2013 and produces universal LED lights. Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District ( Russian : Курчало́евский райо́н ; Chechen : Курчалойн кӀошт , Kurçaloyn khoşt )

75-516: Is located in the foothill plains, on the right bank of the Gumsa , a tributary of the Sunzha . It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the town of Gudermes and 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny . The nearest settlements to Kurchaloy are Ilaskhan-Yurt to the north, Mayrtup to the east, Dzhigurty to the south-east, Niki-Khita and Dzhaglargi to the south, Avtury to

90-465: Is one of the fifteen administrative and municipal district ( raion ), in the Chechen Republic , Russia . The area of the district is 975 square kilometers (376 sq mi) and is located east of the republic. Its administrative center is the town of Kurchaloy . Its population is 114,039 ( 2010 Census ) ; 101,625 ( 2002 Census ). The population of Kurchaloy accounts for 19.9% of

105-755: The Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Tsentaroy (Khosi-Yurt) was renamed to Krasnoarmeiskoye, and settled by people from the Levashinsky District of Dagestan . In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old names, Tsentaroy in Russian, and Khosi-Yurt in Chechen. In May 2005, a group of militants attacked Tsentaroy. The village

120-412: The farms, which had become scattered throughout Chechnya due to the wars. To prevent a farm from being liquidated, at least 60 families needed to live on it. As a result, Khosa invited many of his family and friends to Khosi-Yurt, therefore, the settlement remained. Sheikh Kunta-Haji visited Khosa during a visit to Khosi-Yurt. In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and

135-458: The leadership of Imam Shamil , displaced Chechens settled in villages located along the left bank of the Michik River. As a result, Akhmat-Yurt was founded, then called Khosi-Yurt. In 1842, Khosa Umakhanov, the founder of the village, moved to Oki-Yurt (now a part of the village of Bachi-Yurt ). He later moved to a gorge just south of Khosi-Yurt. He, with close friend Shuaib Mullah, took part in

150-481: The nearby settlement of Mayrtup in it. On 4 October 2018, the process of converting the village of Kurchaloy into a town began. However, Mayrtup was not to be included into Kurchaloy. On 29 December 2018, the law was passed which confirmed that Kurchaloy would become a town. The law came into force on 9 January 2019. According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Kurchaloy (22,669 or 99,76%) were ethnic Chechens. The economy of Kurchaloy

165-457: The north, Alleroy in the east, Gansolchu in the south, Dzhigurty in the south-west, Bachi-Yurt in the west, and Ilaskhan-Yurt in the north-west. The founder of the settlement was Khosa Umakhanov, a member of the teip "Tontaroy" , the same teip who founded the village of Oyskhara in the 18th century, according to writer A. P. Berzhye. In 1840, during an uprising by the Chechens, under

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180-577: The south-west, and Geldagana to the west. The name of the Chechen teip "Kurchaloy" laid the basis for the name of the city of Kurchaloy. The ancient village of Kurchal is located in the mountains of the Vedeno region, founded in the 13th century. Also, the village of Kurchaloy was located on the Gekhi River, which flows into the Sunzha, just north of the village of Alkhan-Yurt. The old village of Kurchaloy

195-762: Was attacked a second time on August 29, 2010. On May 21, 2019, the local residents in the village made a decision to rename the village to Akhmat-Yurt, in honour of the first President of the Chechen Republic, Akhmad Kadyrov . However, for the name change to become official, the Chechen authorities had to decide to approve it. The decision was made to approve the change on July 12, 2019. The name change of this settlement from Tsentaroy to Akhmat-Yurt became official on August 26, 2019. Population: 8,549 (2018 Census); 7,115 ( 2010 Census ) ; 5,658 ( 2002 Census ) . Kurchaloy Kurchaloy ( Chechen : Курчалой-ГӀала , Kurçaloy-Ġala ; Russian : Курчало́й )

210-570: Was a part of the Grozny Oblast . In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Kurchaloy. Until gaining city status in January 2019, Kurchaloy was the largest rural settlement in Chechnya. On 13 February 2018, it was reported that the Chechen government intended to give the village of Kurchaloy the status of a town, and to include

225-458: Was destroyed during the Caucasian War, on 12 April 1826. According to A. P. Berger for 1850, Kurchaloy is a large settlement. In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Kurchaloy was renamed to Chkalovo, after Valery Chkalov , and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it

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