Niki-Khita

Niki-Khita (Russian: Ники-Хита, Chechen: НикIи-ХитIа)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Niki-Khita is incorporated into Regitinskoye rural settlement. It is one of four settlements included in it.[2]

Geography
Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Niki-Khita is in the Regita rural settlement

Niki-Khita is located in the upper reaches of the Bokh-Dzhaga River. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and 60 kilometres (37 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.[3]

The nearest settlements to Niki-Khita are Avtury in the north-west, Geldagana in the north, the city of Kurchaloy in the north-east, Dzhaglargi in the east, Marzoy-Mokhk and Regita in the south-east, and Serzhen-Yurt in the 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 Niki-Khita was renamed and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[5] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.

In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Niki-Khita.[6]

Population
  • 1990 Census: 318[7]
  • 2002 Census: 320[8]
  • 2010 Census: 657[9]
  • 2019 estimate: ?

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Niki-Khita were ethnic Chechens.

References
  1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
  2. "Сельское поселение Регитинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
  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 2019-10-06.
  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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