Bachi-Yurt
Bachi-Yurt is a types of [inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality] in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Bachi-Yurt is incorporated as Bachi-Yurtovskoye [rural settlement]. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.Geography
Bachi-Yurt is located on both banks of the Gansol River. It is north-east of Kurchaloy and south-east of the city of Grozny.The nearest settlements to Bachi-Yurt are Melchki in the north, Oyskhara and Verkhny Noyber in the north-east, Akhmat-Yurt in the east, Dzhigurty in the south, Mayrtup in the south-west, and Ilaskhan-Yurt in the north-west.
History
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Bachi-Yurt was renamed to Pervomayskoye, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Bachi-Yurt.
Population
- 1979 Census: 6,296
- 1990 Census: 7,342
- 2002 Census: 14,756
- 2010 Census: 16,485
- 2019 estimate: 19,350