Yandi, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District

Yandi (Russian: Янди, Chechen: Янди-КӀотар[1]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

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.[2]

Geography
Map of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District with Yandi highlighted

Yandi is located on the right bank of the Netkhoy River. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Yandi are Katyr-Yurt and Valerik in the north-east, Gekhi in the east, Shalazhi in the south-east, and Stary Achkhoy in the west.[3]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Yandi was renamed to Orekhovo, and settled by people from other ethnic groups.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast.

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Yandi.[5]

Population
  • 1990 Census: 2,339[6]
  • 2002 Census: 1,510[7]
  • 2010 Census: 2,488[8]
  • 2019 estimate: 2,618

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Yandi were ethnic Chechens.

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