43.1764°N 45.4042°W Valerik (Russian: Валерик, Chechen: ВаларгтӀе, Valergthe)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.
Municipally, Valerik is incorporated as Valerikskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[2]
Valerik is located on both banks of the Valerik River. It is located 7km (04miles) east of the village of Achkhoy-Martan and 25km (16miles) south-west of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Valerik are Zakan-Yurt in the north, Khambi-Irze and Kulary in the north-east, Gekhi in the east, Gekhi-Chu and Shalazhi in the south, Katyr-Yurt in the west, and Shaami-Yurt in the north-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 Valerik was renamed and settled by other ethnic groups.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast.
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Valerik.[5]
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Valerik were ethnic Chechens.
Valerik hosts an elementary school,[8] two secondary schools,[9] [10] and a local mosque.[11]