43.2369°N 45.5008°W Kulary (Russian: Кулары, Chechen: ГӀулара,[1] Ġulara) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.
Municipally, Kulary is incorporated as Kularinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2]
Kulary is located on the right bank of the Sunzha River, just before its confluence with the Gekhi River. It is 18km (11miles) north-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan and 26km (16miles) south-west of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Kulary are Zakan-Yurt in the north-west, Alkhan-Kala in the north-east, Alkhan-Yurt in the east, the city of Urus-Martan in the south-east, Gekhi in the south, Valerik in the south-west, and Khambi-Irze in the west.[3]
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Kulara was renamed to Naberezhnoye, and was settled by people from other ethnic groups.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of Grozny Oblast.
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Kulara.
On 1 January 2020, the village of Kulary, as well as the entire territory of the rural settlement, was transferred from Groznensky District to Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.[5]
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Kulary (5,354 or 99,90%) were ethnic Chechens.
The village of Kulary hosts one secondary school.[9]