Agishbatoy (russian: Агишбатой, ce, ЭгIашбета, ''Eġaşbeta'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District,

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, Agishbatoy is incorporated as Agishbatoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Map of Vedensky District (rural settlements)

Agishbatoy is located on the right bank of the Bulk River. It is north-east of the village of

Vedeno Vedeno (russian: Ведено; ce, Ведана, ''Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Vedeno is incorporated into Vedens ...

. The nearest settlements to Agishbatoy are Guni in the north, Kurchali and Mesedoy in the north-east, Belgatoy in the south-east,

in the south, Oktyabrskoye in the south-west, and

Khazhi-Yurt Khazhi-Yurt ( ce, Хьажи-Йурт, ''Ẋaƶi-Yurt''; russian: Первомайское), also known by Russian name Pervomayskoye, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Munici ...

and

Tsa-Vedeno Tsa-Vedeno (russian: Ца-Ведено, ce, ЦӀен Ведана, ''Ċen Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Tsa-Vedeno is incorporated into Tsa-Veden ...

in the north-west.

History

Agishbatoy is the ancestral village of the Egishbatoy teip (clan). According to legend, the name of the village comes from the names of two brothers, Egash and Beta, who moved here from the mountain village of Tsesa. 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 Agishbatoy was renamed to Khushet, and settled by people from the neighboring 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 ...

. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic av, Дагъистаналъул Автономияб Советияб Социалистияб Жумгьурият az, Дағыстан Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республи ...

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

Population

* 2002 Census: 502 * 2010 Census: 686 * 2019 estimate: 790 According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Agishbatoy were ethnic Chechens. The majority of the village's population are from the Egishbatoy

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� ...

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Vedensky District