Dzhigurty
Dzhigurty (Russian: Джигурты, Chechen: ЖугӀурта, Ƶuġurta) is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status[edit]
Municipally, Dzhigurty is incorporated as Dzhigurtinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[1]
Geography[edit]
Dzhigurty is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and is 53 kilometres (33 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Dzhigurty are Bachi-Yurt and Akhmat-Yurt in the north-east, Gansolchu in the south-east, Akhkinchu-Borzoy and Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the south, Khidi-Khutor in the south-west, and Mayrtup in the north-west.
History[edit]
The name Dzhigurty originates from the Chechen: жагӏа ара тӏе, translating roughly as "gravel meadow". Weapons such as daggers and blades were made in the village.[2] Due to this, during the 18th and 19th centuries, Dzhigurty became a center for the production of such weapons in the north-eastern Caucasus.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Dzhigurty was renamed to Mulebki, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[3]
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Dzhigurty.
Population[edit]
- 2002 Census: 1,752
- 2010 Census: 1,967[4]
- 2018 estimate: 2,178
According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Dzhigurty were ethnic Chechens.
Education[edit]
The village hosts the Dzhigurty Municipal Secondary School.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Сельское поселение Джугуртинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
- ^ "Часть 2: Д - К / Топонимический словарь Кавказа / Т: / Абхазская интернет-библиотека / Абхазская интернет-библиотека".
- ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
- ^ "Globalstat - МБОУ "ДЖУГУРТИНСКАЯ СШ ИМ. Д.В. ИБРАГИМОВА" ИНН 2006002569 ОГРН 1092032001412". globalstat.ru.