43°06′15″N 46°10′08″E / 43.10417°N 46.16889°E Belty (Russian: Бельты, Chechen: Белта,[1] Belta) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status edit
Municipally, Belty is incorporated into Yalkhoy-Mokhkskoye rural settlement. It is one of three settlements included in it.[2]
Geography edit
Belty is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south-east of Kurchaloy and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Belty are Akhkinchu-Borzoy in the north-east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the east, Koren-Benoy in the south-west, and Khidi-Khutor in the west.[3]
History edit
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Belty was renamed to Sagada,[4] and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[5]
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Belta.[6]
Population edit
- 2010 Census: 943[7]
- 2019 estimate: ?
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Belta were ethnic Chechens.
Education edit
Belty hosts one secondary school.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
- ^ "Сельское поселение Ялхой-Мохкское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
- ^ "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
- ^ "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
- ^ "Краткая историческая справка об административно-территориальном делении Чечено-Ингушетии". chechenorg.zama.fm. Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
- ^ "МБОУ 'БЕЛЬТИНСКАЯ СШ', Чеченская республика - ИНН 2006002390". www.k-agent.ru.