Chechen-Aul is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Argun urban ''okrug'' of the

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, located on the left bank of the Argun River near

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. Until 1 January 2020, the village was part of the

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as part of the Chechen-Aul rural settlement.

Geography

The village is located at the southern foot of the

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, on the left bank of the Argun River, 8 km southeast of the city of

. On the northern outskirts of Chechen–Aul is the mountain Zhemin–Barz. The village of Elikhanov and

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are located to the Northwest of Chechen–Aul, the village Berdykel to the Northeast, Belgatoy to the East,

Novye Atagi Novye Atagi (: , ''Ƶima Ataġa'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Shalinsky District, Chechen Republic, Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located south of Grozny. Po ...

and

Starye Atagi Starye Atagi (; , ''Yokqa Ataġa'', ''Seẋa Ataġa'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located south of Grozny, the republic's capital. Population: Starye Atagi is separated from Novy ...

to the South and

Goyty Goyty (, , ''Ġoytha'') is a rural locality (a selo) in Goytinskoye Rural Settlement of Urus-Martanovsky District, in Chechnya, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list ...

to the Southwest.

History

According to Chechen legends, a man named ''Chainak'', who came from the Ichkerian village Gunoy, raided the Shamkhalate of Tarki and captured and married ''Checha'', the daughter of the local ruler (called ''Shamkhal''). After the death of Chainak, she and her sons left the mountains of Gunoy and moved to the plain, where, between the

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and Argun Rivers, they founded a farm, which they named ''Chechana''. The name later changed to ''Chechan–Aul/Chechen–Aul'', with "''

Aul An aul; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (; ) is a type of fortified village or town found throughout the Caucasus and Central Asia. They are generally built out of stone, on faces of ridges or against cliffs in order to provide protection against su ...

''" meaning a town or fortified village. In 1732, a battle was fought near Chechen–Aul between Russian forces and Chechen rebels. It ended in a victory for the Chechens and according to popular tradition, this battle is how the term "Chechen" came into use. The term has been used as early as 1692, however. Between 1944 and 1957, after the

Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush The deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (, ) also known as Operation Lentil (; ) and the Aardakh genocide, was the Soviet forced transfer of the whole of the Vainakh ( Chechen and Ingush) populations of the North Caucasus to Central Asia ...

, the village was renamed to "Kalinovka". After the

Restoration of Chechen-Ingush autonomy Restoration of the Chechen-Ingush autonomy by decrees of the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR and the RSFSR on January 9, 1957, the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, and within slightly different boundaries than when abolished; Naur ...

, the village got its former name back.

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