Achkhoy-Martan

Achkhoy-Martan (Russian: Ачхой-Мартан, Chechen: Iашхой-Марта, Тӏехьа-Марта[1]) is a rural locality (a selo) in, and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

Achkhoy-Martan in 2018

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporated as Achkhoy-Martanovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2] Achkhoy-Martan, which is the largest rural settlement in Chechnya, is also the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.[3]

Geography
Map of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District with Achkhoy-Martan highlighted

The Fortanga River (Chechen: Марта) flows through the center of the village. To the east of the village is the Achkhu River. The name of the village comes from these two rivers.

Achkhoy-Martan is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Achkhoy-Martan are Novy Sharoy in the north, Shaami-Yurt in the north-east, Katyr-Yurt in the east, Stary Achkhoy and Yandi in the south-east, Bamut in the south-west, and Assinovskaya in the north-west.[4]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Achkhoy-Martan was renamed to Novoselskoye, and settled by people from other ethnic groups.[5] From 1944 to 1957, it was the administrative center 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, Achkhoy-Martan.[6]

Population
  • 1959 Census: 8,389
  • 1970 Census: 12,250
  • 1979 Census: 12,276
  • 1989 Census: 14,680
  • 1990 Census: 15,101[7]
  • 2002 Census: 16,742[8]
  • 2010 Census: 20,172[9]
  • 2019 estimate: 24,212

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Achkhoy-Martan (20,113 or 99.7%) were ethnic Chechens, with 59 people (0.3%) coming from other ethnic backgrounds.

Infrastructure
The mosque in Achkhoy-Martan.

The district library in Achkhoy-Martan has around 70,000 books. The village also hosts nine secondary schools, an eight-year school, three kindergartens, and a youth center. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, a boarding school was also present in Achkhoy-Martan. The village also hosts a mosque.

Industry

The Achkhoy-Martan state farm exists in the village, and engages in cereal crops, cattle breeding and gardening. The village also hosts the largest seed processing plant in Chechnya, as well as a plastic factory, one of the largest bases of building materials in the republic.

Sport

The village has its own football club "Marta", volleyball team "Achkhoy", a sports club, and hosts competitions in judo, karate, taekwondo and boxing.

Famous Natives
  • Tamerlan Bashaev, a judo champion;
  • Yunus Desheriev, a scholar and linguist;
  • Magomet Mamakaev, a Chechen poet, prose writer, publicist, and literary critic;
  • Magomed Bibulatov, a famous MMA fighter.
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References
  1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. "Сельское поселение Ачхой-Мартановское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. "Ачхой-Мартановский район (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  4. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  5. "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
  6. "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  7. "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
  8. Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU.
  9. "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
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