Niki-Khita Explained

43.1156°N 46.0697°WNiki-Khita (Russian: Ники-Хита, Chechen: НикIи-ХитIа, Nikhi-Xitha)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Niki-Khita is incorporated into Regitinskoye rural settlement. It is one of four settlements included in it.[2]

Geography

Niki-Khita is located in the upper reaches of the Bokh-Dzhaga River. It is located 11km (07miles) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and 60km (40miles) south-east of the city of Grozny.[3]

The nearest settlements to Niki-Khita are Avtury in the north-west, Geldagana in the north, the city of Kurchaloy in the north-east, Dzhaglargi in the east, Marzoy-Mokhk and Regita in the south-east, and Serzhen-Yurt in the west.[4]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Niki-Khita was renamed and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[5] 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, Niki-Khita.[6]

Population

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Niki-Khita were ethnic Chechens.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ярташ . "Даймохк" газет . ru-RU.
  2. Web site: Сельское поселение Регитинское (Чеченская Республика) . www.bankgorodov.com.
  3. Web site: Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн . 1maps.ru.
  4. Web site: Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн . 1maps.ru.
  5. Web site: Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы) . www.demoscope.ru.
  6. Web site: О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области . lawru.info . ru-RU . 2019-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806193408/http://lawru.info/dok/1957/01/09/n1193134.htm . 2019-08-06 . dead .
  7. Web site: Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики . arhiv-chr.ru.
  8. Kashnitsky . Ilya . Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010 . en . 10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU . 11 April 2017.
  9. Web site: ВПН-2010 . www.gks.ru.