Surkhakhi, Russia
Сурхахи
Surkhakhi is a town of 16,215 people in Ingushetiya Republic, Russia, founded in 1701.
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About Surkhakhi
Surkhakhi (Ingush: СурхотӀе, romanized: Surkhothe) is a rural locality (a selo) in Nazranovsky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It forms the municipality of the rural settlement of Surkhakhi as the only settlement in its composition.
From the Wikipedia article Surkhakhi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The village of Surkhakhi was founded in 1836. According to one of the official versions, on the territory, including the village of Surkhakhi, there was the ancient city of Magas — the capital of the medieval polyethnic state of Alania, which also included the territory of modern Ingushetia. In this version, we are talking about the complex of ancient settlements "Yandare - Gazi-Yurt - Ekazhevo - Ali-Yurt - Surkhakhi", which are a single fortified area of early medieval fortresses and many settlements between them. More than 30 settlements, numerous settlements, connecting them with defensive ditches and funerary monuments of the Alanian period were recorded in this area.
In July 1919, when Ingushetia was under the rule of Denikin's forces and the people of Surkhakhi left the village, Mandre Nalgiev with his mother remained in the village. Mandre defended Surkhakhi for 9 days, coming out victorious as the Ingush militants came for help and liberated the village. The villagers also attacked and disarmed a White Guard echelon in Nazran. To suppress the uprising, the command of the volunteer army was forced to withdraw 15 thousand bayonets from the front. In 1927, the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, M. I. Kalinin, presented the villagers with a letter of thanks for their active support of the Red Army.
From the History section of Surkhakhi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Magas Airport (IGT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 17 km away.
- Ali-Yurt 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
- Ekazhevo 7 km northwest, about 7 min by car
- Nazran 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Galashki 11 km southeast, about 11 min by car
- Magas 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Karabulak 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Nesterovskaya 13 km northeast, about 13 min by car
- Troitskaya 15 km northeast, about 15 min by car
- Vladikavkaz 25 km southwest, about 25 min by car
- Grozny 65 km east, about 1 h by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Surhahi 1, Адам Сагов, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS028-E-32520 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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