Tazen-Kala (, , ''Teza-Qälla'') 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 . ...

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, Tazen-Kala is incorporated into Tazen-Kalinsky rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and one of the six settlements included in it.

Geography

Tazen-Kala is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is located north-east 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 Tazen-Kala are Verkhny Kurchali in the north, Tsentaroy in the north-east, Belgatoy in the east, Dargo in the south-east,

Kharachoy Kharachoy (, , ''Xoraça'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Kharachoy is incorporated as Kharachoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of ...

in the south-west,

Dyshne-Vedeno Dyshne-Vedeno (, , ''Dişni-Vedana'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Dyshne-Vedeno is incorporated as ...

in the west, and

Ersenoy Ersenoy (, , ''Ersana'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Ersenoy is incorporated as Ersenoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the munic ...

in the north-west. The republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

is to the south of the village.

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 Tazen-Kala was renamed to Mokok, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of

. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR or DASSR and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union ...

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

Population

* 2002 Census: 821 * 2010 Census: 685 * 2019 estimate: ? According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Tazen-Kala were ethnic Chechens. The majority of the village's population are from the Akka and Chebarloy tukkhums.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Vedensky District