Benoy, Vedensky District
Benoy (Russian: Беной, Chechen: Бенойн-КӀотар, Benoyn-Khotar)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
[edit]Municipally, Benoy is incorporated as Benoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[2]
Geography
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Benoy is located on the left bank of the Khulkhulau River. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-east of the village of Vedeno and around 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Benoy are Serzhen-Yurt in the north-west, Marzoy-Mokhk in the north-east, Guni in the east, Khadzhi-Yurt in the south-east, and Tsa-Vedeno in the south.[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 Benoy was renamed, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1958, 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, Benoy.[5]
Population
[edit]- 2002 Census: 502
- 2010 Census: 440[6]
- 2019 estimate: 557
According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Benoy were ethnic Chechens. The majority of the village's population are from the Benoy teip.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
- ^ "Сельское поселение Бенойское (Веденский район)". 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 2019-08-08.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.