43°06′56″N 46°04′11″E / 43.11556°N 46.06972°E Niki-Khita (Russian: Ники-Хита, Chechen: НикIи-ХитIа, Nikhi-Xitha)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status edit
Municipally, Niki-Khita is incorporated into Regitinskoye rural settlement. It is one of four settlements included in it.[2]
Geography edit
Niki-Khita is located in the upper reaches of the Bokh-Dzhaga River. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the town of Kurchaloy and 60 kilometres (37 mi) 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 edit
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 edit
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Niki-Khita were ethnic Chechens.
References edit
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- ^ "Сельское поселение Регитинское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
- ^ "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "Наши издания - Архивное управление Правительства Чеченской Республики". arhiv-chr.ru.
- ^ Kashnitsky, Ilya (11 April 2017). "Municipality level Russian Census data 2002 and 2010". doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/CSKMU.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.