
Inzhich-Chukun (russian: Инжич-Чукун; abq, Йынджьыгь-Чӏкӏвын) is a
rural locality
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aul
An aul (; ce, oil; russian: аул) is a type of fortified village or town found throughout the Caucasus mountains and Central Asia.
The word itself is of Turkic origin and simply means ''village'' in many Turkic languages. Auyl ( kk, Ауы� ...
'') and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Abazinsky District in the
Karachay-Cherkess Republic
The Karachay-Cherkess Republic (russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская Респу́блика, ''Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika''; krc, Къарачай-Черкес Республика, ''Qaraçay-Çerkes Respublika''; Cir ...
,
Russia
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, located on the banks of the
Maly Zelenchuk River. Population: mostly
Abazins
The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza ( Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; russian: Абазины; tr, Abazalar; ar, أباظة), are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassi ...
.
It was founded by
Russians
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in 1861. In 1925, its original name Zelenchuksko-Loovsky () was changed to Inzhich-Chukun, the Russified local name of Maly Zelenchuk, as a part of a campaign to remove the names of
nobility
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(Loovsky in this case) from the toponyms.
Inzhich-Chukun was a part of
Khabezsky District prior to creation of Abazinsky District in 2006.
References
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Rural localities in Karachay-Cherkessia