Tsotsi-Yurt (Russian: Цоци-Юрт, Chechen: Цоци-Эвла, Coci-Evla) is a village (selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
editMunicipally, Tsotsi-Yurt is incorporated as Tsotsi-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[1]
Geography
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Tsotsi-Yurt is located on both banks of the Khulkhulau River. It is located 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north-west of the town of Kurchaloy and 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Tsotsi-Yurt are Dzhalka and Novy Engenoy to the north, Ilaskhan-Yurt to the north-east, Geldagana to the south-east, Avtury to the south, Germenchuk to the south-west, Mesker-Yurt to the west, and the city of Argun to the north-west.
History
editAccording to legend, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was founded by a man named Tsotsa, a member of the Meskroy teip.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Tsotsi-Yurt was renamed to Oktyabrskoye and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[2]
During the early 1990s, the village regained its old Chechen name, Tsotsi-Yurt.
Population
edit- 2002 Census: 15,935
- 2010 Census: 18,306[3]
- 2018 estimate: 20,317
According to the 2010 census, the majority of residents of Tsotsi-Yurt were ethnic Chechens.
Infrastructure
editAll of Tsotsi-Yurt is supplied by gas and water pipelines. It lies on the public transport route from Grozny to Kurchaloy.
The village has three schools,[4][5][6] several kindergartens and a clinic. There is a small agricultural and industrial economy in the village.
References
edit- ^ "Закон Чеченской республики № 13-РЗ от 20.02.09".
- ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
- ^ "Государственное общеобразовательное учреждение Цоцын–Юртовская средняя общеобразовательная школа №1 - Цоци-Юрт - Чеченская Республика". proshkolu.ru.
- ^ "Государственное общеобразовательное учреждение Цоцын–Юртовская средняя общеобразовательная школа №2 - Цоци-Юрт - Чеченская Республика". proshkolu.ru.
- ^ "Государственное общеобразовательное учреждение Цоцын–Юртовская средняя общеобразовательная школа №3 - Цоци-Юрт - Чеченская Республика". proshkolu.ru.