Akhkinchu-Borzoy

Akhkinchu-Borzoy (Russian: Ахкинчу-Борзой[1], Chechen: Аьхкинчу-Борзе[2]), also spelled as Akhkinchu-Borzoi, is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Mosque in the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoi

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Akhkinchu-Borzoy is incorporated as Akhkinchu-Borzoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[3]

Geography
Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Akhkinchu-Borzoy ("Ахкинчу-Борзой") is in the center

Akhkinchu-Borzoy is located on the left bank of the Gums River in a mountainous area. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of the city of Kurchaloy and 57 kilometres (35 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Akhkinchu-Borzoy are Dzhigurty in the north, Gansolchu in the east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the south, and Khidi-Khutor in the south-west.[4]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoy was renamed to Novo-Ritlyab, and was settled by Avar people from the village of Ritlyab in the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[5]

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Akhkinchu-Borze.[6]

On 12 January 2002, during a special operation, Salman Basayev, the father of Shamil Basayev, was apparently killed in the village.[7]

Population
  • 1990 Census: 858[8]
  • 2002 Census: 1,282[9]
  • 2010 Census: 1,889[10]
  • 2019 estimate: 2,046

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Akhkinchu-Borzoy (1,887) were ethnic Chechens, with 2 people from other ethnic backgrounds.

Infrastructure

Akhkinchu-Borzoy hosts a mosque and one secondary school.

References
  1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  3. "Сельское поселение Ахкинчу-Барзойское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  4. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  5. "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  6. "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. "Убит отец Басаева? -". www.ural.ru (in Russian).
  8. "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
  9. Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU.
  10. "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
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