Geldagana (, ), also spelled as Geldagan, is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') in

Kurchaloyevsky District Kurchaloyevsky District (; , ''Kurçaloyn khoşt'') is one of the fifteen administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), in the Chechen Republic, Russia. The area of the district is and is located east of the republic. Its a ...

Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Geldagana is incorporated as Geldaganskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Geldagana is located on the right bank of the Khulkhulau River and on both banks of the Akhko River. It is opposite from the town of

Kurchaloy Kurchaloy (, ''Kurçaloy-Ġala''; ) is a town and the administrative center of Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya. Population: Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Kurchaloy is incorporated as Kurchaloyevsky urban settlement. It is ...

and south-east of the city of

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

. The nearest settlements to Geldagana are

Ilaskhan-Yurt Ilaskhan-Yurt (; , ''Ilsxan-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in the Kurchaloyevsky District in the Chechen Republic, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of ...

in the north-east, the town of

in the east, Niki-Khita in the south-east, Avtury in the south-west, Germenchuk in the west, and Tsotsi-Yurt in the north-west.

History

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

Chechen-Ingush ASSR When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Repub ...

was abolished, the village of Geldagana was renamed to Novaya Zhizn (roughly translated from Russian as "New Life") and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

. In the early 1990s, the village regained its old Chechen name, Geldagana.

Population

* 1970 Census: 5,357 * 1979 Census: 5,333 * 1990 Census: 5,020 * 2002 Census: 11,875 * 2010 Census: 12,350 * 2019 estimate: 13,876 According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Geldagana (12,300) were ethnic Chechens, with 50 people from other ethnic groups.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Kurchaloyevsky District