Avtury

Avtury is a types of [inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality] in Shalinsky [District, Chechen Republic|Shalinsky District] of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Khulkhulau River, east of Shali. Population:
It was supposedly founded in the 14th century, soon after the area was abandoned by the Mongol [invasion of Rus'|Mongols and Tatars]. During the Caucasian War, Avtury was a combat area between Imam Shamil and the Russian troops.
The locality is noted for being the alleged birthplace of Abdulkhakim Ismailov. He was a Soviet soldier who was identified as one of the two men in the 1945 photograph ''Raising a [Flag over the Reichstag].''