Naursky District (russian: Нау́рский райо́н; ce, Невран кӀошт, ''Nevran khoşt'') is an administrative
[Decree #500] and municipal
[Law #47-RZ] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
fifteen in the
Chechen Republic
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 ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
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 typically are describ ...
(a ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...
'') of
Naurskaya
Naurskaya (russian: Наурская, ce, Новр-ГӀала, ''Novr-Ġala'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Naursky District, the Chechnya, Chechen R ...
.
Population: 51,143 (
2002 Census);
The population of Naurskaya accounts for 16.5% of the district's total population.
History
In the second half of the 18th century, the area was settled by the Russian and Ukrainian
Cossacks. Several ''stanitsas'' were founded. In 1771, after being wounded at the siege of
Bender, the future Cossack insurgency leader
Yemelyan Pugachev
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (russian: Емельян Иванович Пугачёв; c. 1742) was an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks who led a great popular insurrection during the reign of Catherine the Great. Pugachev claimed to be Catherine's ...
came to live at
Ishcherskaya with his family.
The modern district was created in 1935 by the order of the
Supreme Soviet. It was a part of
Stavropol Krai prior to 1944 when it was transferred to newly created
Grozny Oblast
Grozny Oblast (russian: Гро́зненская о́бласть) was an administrative entity (an ''oblast'') of the Russian SFSR that was established as Grozny Okrug () on 7 March 1944 and abolished on 9 January 1957.
Formation
After the 194 ...
. After the Chechens were allowed to return in 1957, the district remained a part of the restored
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 ...
.
Economy
Its
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
is dominated by
livestock
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animal ...
breeding, especially in the north of the district (often subject to field erosion, caused by severe climatic circumstances), but there are
vineyard
A vineyard (; also ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture. Vineya ...
s in the south.
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Districts of Chechnya