Mesedoy
43°01′14″N 46°07′19″E / 43.02056°N 46.12194°E Mesedoy (Russian: Меседой, Chechen: Месдой-КӀотар)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
[edit]Municipally, Mesedoy is incorporated into Guninskoye rural settlement. It is one of the four settlements included in it.[2]
Geography
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Mesedoy is located in the upper reaches of one of the left tributaries of the Gums River. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-east of Vedeno.
The nearest settlements to Mesedoy are Guni in the north-west, Nizhny Kurchali and Shirdi-Mokhk in the north-east, Ersenoy in the south-east, and Agishbatoy in the south-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 Mesedoy was renamed, 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, Mesada.[5]
Population
[edit]- 1990 Census: 110
- 2002 Census: 144
- 2010 Census: 227[6]
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Mesedoy were ethnic Chechens.
Infrastructure
[edit]The village of Mesedoy hosts one primary school.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
- ^ "Сельское поселение Гунинское (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). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.