43.0206°N 46.1219°WMesedoy (Russian: Меседой, Chechen: Месдой-КӀотар)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Municipally, Mesedoy is incorporated into Guninskoye rural settlement. It is one of the four settlements included in it.[2]
Mesedoy is located in the upper reaches of one of the left tributaries of the Gums River. It is 16km (10miles) 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]
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]
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Mesedoy were ethnic Chechens.
The village of Mesedoy hosts one primary school.