Stary Achkhoy (russian: Старый Ачхой, ce, Ӏашхой-КӀотар, ''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 typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') in

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District Achkhoy-Martanovsky District (russian: Ачхо́й-Марта́новский райо́н; ce, Тӏеьха-Мартан кӏошт, ''Theẋa-Martan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #40-RZ district ( raion), one of fi ...

, Chechnya.

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 (russian: Ачхой-Мартан, ce, Iашхой-Марта, ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Марта, ''Theẋa-Marta'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in, and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Ch ...

and south-west of the city of

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...

. The nearest settlements to Stary Achkhoy are

Bamut Bamut (russian: Бамут, ce, Буммат, ''Bummat'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Sernovodsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Bamut is incorporated as Bamutskoye rural settlement. It is the a ...

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 The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...

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 Grozny Oblast (russian: Гро́зненская о́бласть) was an administrative entity (an ''oblast'') of the Russian SFSR that was established as Grozny Okrug () on 7 March 1944 and abolished on 9 January 1957. Formation After the 1940 ...

. 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