Khambi-Irze (, ''Xämbin-Irze'') 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

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District Achkhoy-Martanovsky District (; , ''Theẋa-Martan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #40-RZ district (raion), one of fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the distr ...

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, Khambi-Irze is incorporated as Khambi-Irzinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Khambi-Irze is located on the left bank of the

Sunzha River The Sunzha ( rus, Су́нжа, p=ˈsunʐə; , ; ) is a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great northwest bend of the Terek River and catches most of the rivers t ...

. It is located north-east of the town of

Achkhoy-Martan Achkhoy-Martan (, , ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Март, ''Theẋa-Mart'') is a town and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporate ...

and south-west 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 Khambi-Irze are Alkhan-Kala in the north-east, Kulary in the east, Gekhi in the south-east,

Valerik Valerik may refer to: *Valerik River, a river in the Chechen Republic, Russia *Battle of the Valerik River, 1840 battle fought at this river * Valerik (poem), Mikhail Lermontov's poem about this battle * Valerik, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, a rura ...

in the south-west, Shaami-Yurt in the west, and Zakan-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 Khambi-Irze (then, Khadis-Yurt) was renamed to Lermontovo, and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast. In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village was renamed again to Lermontov-Yurt. In the early 1990s, the modern name, Khambi-Irze was given to the village.

Population

* 1990 Census: 2,144 * 2002 Census: 3,123 * 2010 Census: 3,297 * 2019 estimate: 3,852 According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Khambi-Irze were ethnic Chechens.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District