Makhkety (, , ''Maxkathe'') 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

Vedensky District Vedensky District (; , ''Vedanan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #14-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . ...

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Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Makhkety is incorporated into Makhketinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Makhkety is located between the

Dzhalka Dzhalka (, , ''Ƶalq'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Gudermessky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Dzhalka is incorporated as Dzhalkinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the mu ...

and Tenek rivers. It is west of the village of

Vedeno Vedeno (; , ''Vedana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Vedeno is incorporated into Vedenskoye rural settlement. It is the adm ...

. The nearest settlements to Makhkety are Agishty in the north, Khattuni and Tevzana in the north-east, and

Selmentauzen Selmentauzen (, , ''Selman-Tevzana'' or Дуццахоте, ''Duccaxote'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Selmentauzen is incorporated into Selmentauzenskoye r ...

in the south-west. Not far from the village, just across the border with

Cheberloyevsky District Cheberloyevsky District (; ) is a district (raion) of Chechnya. The district was recreated in 2012. However, the official restoration process of the district is not complete. The district also existed between 1926 and 1944. The administrative cente ...

is Barziarlam mountain.

Name

The name "Makhkety" () comes from the Chechen "мохк" meaning "land" or "homeland", and the ending "-тӀе", meaning "in" or "on". Therefore, the name of the village roughly translates as "settlement in the homeland".

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 Makhkety was renamed to Alak, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of

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. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of Grozny Oblast of the

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

Population

* 1990 Census: 3,870 * 2002 Census: 2,447 * 2010 Census: 5,028 * 2019 estimate: 5,400 According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Makhkety were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure

Makhkety has several important buildings. These include a rural mosque, a secondary school, and a museum on local lore.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Vedensky District