Sredny Kurchali

Coordinates: 43°00′54″N 46°11′10″E / 43.01500°N 46.18611°E / 43.01500; 46.18611 Sredny Kurchali (Russian: Средние Курчали, Chechen: Юкъерa-Курчала)^[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status[]

Municipally, Sredny Kurchali is incorporated into . It is one of the six settlements included in it.^[2]

Geography[]

Map of Vedensky District. Sredny Kurchali is in the Kurchalinskoye rural settlement

Sredny Kurchali is located on the right bank of the . It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Vedeno.

The nearest settlements to Sredny Kurchali are Nizhny Kurchali in the north-west, in the north-east, Tazen-Kala in the south, and Verkhny Kurchali in the south-east, Ersenoy in the south-west, and Mesedoy in the 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 Sredny Kurchali was renamed to Kolob, 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, Sredny Kurchali.^[5]

Population[]

• 1990 Census: 178
• 2002 Census: 566
• 2010 Census: 92^[6]
• 2019 estimate: ?

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

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