Enikali (russian: Эникали, ce, Энакхаьлла, ''Enaqälla'') is a village (selo) in

Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (russian: Курчалоевский райо́н; ce, Курчалойн кӀошт, ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Repub ...

Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Enikali is incorporated as Enikalinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the two settlements, and the only inhabited one, included in it.

Geography

Enikali is located on the right bank of the

Gums River The gums or gingiva (plural: ''gingivae'') consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth. Gum health and disease can have an effect on general health. Structure The gums are part of the soft tissue linin ...

. It is south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and is south-east of the city of

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...

. The nearest settlements to Enikali are

Achereshki Achereshki (russian: Ачерешки, ce, Ачаршка, ''Açarşka''), also spelled as Achireshki, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Achereshki is incor ...

in the north-west, Koren-Benoy in the north,

Yalkhoy-Mokhk Yalkhoy-Mokhk (russian: Ялхой-Мохк, ce, Ялхой-Мохк, ''Yalxoy-Moxk'') is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Yalkhoy-Mokhk is incorporated as Yalkhoy-Mokhksko ...

and Belty in the north-east, Khashki-Mokhk in the east, Gezinchu and Sherdy-Mokhk in the south-east, and Guni in the south-west.

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the

Chechen-Ingush ASSR The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...

was abolished, the village of Enikali was renamed to Bezhta, and settled by people from the village of Bezhta in the neighbouring republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

. In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Enikali.

Population

* 2002 Census: 1,022 * 2010 Census: 1,130 According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Enikali were ethnic Chechens. The

teip Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский сл� ...

composition of the village includes the Enakaloy, Tsontaroy and

Ersenoy Ersenoy (russian: Эрсеной, ce, Эрсана, ''Ersana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Ersenoy is incorporated as Ersenoyskoye rural settlement. It ...

References

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