Mesedoy

Coordinates: 43°01′14″N 46°07′19″E / 43.02056°N 46.12194°E / 43.02056; 46.12194 Mesedoy (Russian: Меседой, Chechen: Месада or Месдой-КIотар)^[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status[]

Municipally, Mesedoy is incorporated into . It is one of the four settlements included in it.^[2]

Geography[]

Map of Vedensky District. Mesedoy is in the Guni rural settlement

Mesedoy is located in the upper reaches of one of the left tributaries of the . It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-east of Vedeno.

The nearest settlements to Mesedoy are Guni in the north-west, Nizhny Kurchali and Shirdi-Mokhk in the north-east, Ersenoy in the south-east, and Agishbatoy in the south-west.^[3]

History[]

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Mesedoy was renamed, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.^[4] 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, Mesada.^[5]

Population[]

• 1990 Census: 110
• 2002 Census: 144
• 2010 Census: 227^[6]

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Mesedoy were ethnic Chechens.

Infrastructure[]

The village of Mesedoy hosts one primary school.

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