Stary Achkhoy (, ''Jaşxoy-Khotar'') 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, Stary Achkhoy is incorporated as Staro-Achkhoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.

Geography

Stary Achkhoy is located on both banks of the Achkhu River. It is located south-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 Stary Achkhoy are Bamut in the west,

in the north-west, Katyr-Yurt in the north-east, and Yandi in the east.

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 Stary Achkhoy was renamed to Kizilovo, and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast. In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Stary Achkhoy.

Population

* 1990 Census: 658 * 2002 Census: 911 * 2010 Census: 940 * 2019 estimate: 870 According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Stary Achkhoy were ethnic Chechens.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District