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Verkhny Kurchali

Coordinates: 43°00′N 46°11′E / 43.000°N 46.183°E / 43.000; 46.183
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43°00′N 46°11′E / 43.000°N 46.183°E / 43.000; 46.183

Verkhny Kurchali

Verkhny Kurchali (Russian: Верхние Курчали, Chechen: Лаккха-Курчалa, Lakqa-Kurçala)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

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Municipally, Verkhny Kurchali is incorporated into Kurchalinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the six settlements included in it.[2]

Geography

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Map of Vedensky District. Verkhny Kurchali is in the north-east

Verkhny Kurchali is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Vedeno.

The nearest settlements to Verkhny Kurchali are Bas-Gordan and Gordali in the north-east, Sredny Kurchali and Nizhny Kurchali in the north-west, Yukarchoy-Gonkha in the south, Ersenoy in the south-west, Barze in the south-west, and Mesedoy in the west.

History

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In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Verkhny Kurchali was renamed to Verkhny Kolob, and settled by ethnic Avars from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[3] 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, Verkhny Kurchali.[4]

Population

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  • 1990 Census: 270
  • 2002 Census: 0
  • 2010 Census: 218[5]
  • 2019 estimate: ?

The village had been abandoned due to the Chechen wars at the 2002 census, but many people had returned by 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. ^ "Сельское поселение Курчалинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  4. ^ "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian).
  5. ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.