Selmentauzen
42°56′27″N 45°51′47″E / 42.94083°N 45.86306°E Selmentauzen (Russian: Сельментаузен, Chechen: Селман-Тевзана, Selman-Tevzana or Дуццахоте, Duccaxote)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
[edit]Municipally, Selmentauzen is incorporated into Selmentauzenskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the three settlements included in it.[2]
Geography
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Selmentauzen is located between the Vashtar and Tenik. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of Vedeno.
The nearest settlements to Selmentauzen are Dutsin-Khutor in the south-west, Zonakh in the west, Ulus-Kert in the north-west, and Makhkety and Tevzana in the north-east.[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 Selmentauzen was renamed to Khvarshini, 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 name, Selmentauzen.[5]
As of 1 January 1990, the rural settlement included the settlements of Nizhny Selmentauzen (284 people) and Verkhny Selementauzen (309 people).[6]
Population
[edit]- 1990 Census: 593
- 2002 Census: 834
- 2010 Census: 909[7]
- 2019 estimate: ?
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Selmentauzen were ethnic Chechens.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
- ^ "Сельское поселение Сельментаузенское (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).
- ^ "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.