Verkhny Kurchali

Coordinates: 43°00′N 46°11′E / 43.000°N 46.183°E / 43.000; 46.183

Verkhny Kurchali

Verkhny Kurchali (Russian: Верхние Курчали, Chechen: Лаккха-Курчалa)^[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status[]

Municipally, Verkhny Kurchali is incorporated into . It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the six settlements included in it.^[2]

Geography[]

Map of Vedensky District. Verkhny Kurchali is in the north-east

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

The nearest settlements to Verkhny Kurchali are and in the north-east, Sredny Kurchali and Nizhny Kurchali in the north-west, in the south, Ersenoy in the south-west, in the south-west, and Mesedoy in the west.

History[]

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Verkhny Kurchali was renamed to Verkhny Kolob, and settled by ethnic Avars from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.^[3] From 1944 to 1958, 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, Verkhny Kurchali.^[4]

Population[]

• 1990 Census: 270
• 2002 Census: 0
• 2010 Census: 218^[5]
• 2019 estimate: ?

The village had been abandoned due to the Chechen wars at the 2002 census, but many people had returned by 2010.

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