Sredny Kurchali
43°00′54″N 46°11′10″E / 43.01500°N 46.18611°E Sredny Kurchali (Russian: Средние Курчали, Chechen: Йукъерa-Курчала, Yuq̇era-Kurçala)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
[edit]Municipally, Sredny Kurchali is incorporated into Kurchalinskoye rural settlement. It is one of the six settlements included in it.[2]
Geography
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Sredny Kurchali is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Vedeno.
The nearest settlements to Sredny Kurchali are Nizhny Kurchali in the north-west, Bas-Gordali in the north-east, Tazen-Kala in the south, Tsentaroy and Verkhny Kurchali in the south-east, Ersenoy in the south-west, and Mesedoy in the west.[3]
History
[edit]In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Sredny Kurchali was renamed to Kolob, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Sredny Kurchali.[5]
Population
[edit]- 1990 Census: 178
- 2002 Census: 566
- 2010 Census: 92[6]
- 2019 estimate: ?
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Sredny Kurchali were ethnic Chechens.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
- ^ "Сельское поселение Курчалинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
- ^ "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
- ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
- ^ "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian).
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.