Zakan-Yurt, Russia
Закан-Юрт
Zakan-Yurt is a town of 4,939 people in Chechnya, Russia, founded in 1851.
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About Zakan-Yurt
Zakan-Yurt (Russian: Закан-Юрт, Chechen: Заки-Эвла, Zaki-Evla) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.
From the Wikipedia article Zakan-Yurt (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
The village was first founded in 1851 or 1853, according to different sources, with the name of Zakan-Yurtovskaya (from 1913-1924 - called Romanovskaya) as a part of the Sunzhensky Cossack line. Later, on Order number 01721, the entire Cossack population of the village was evicted. The empty village was then handed to Chechen control. It was populated by Chechens and renamed to Zakan-Yurt at this time.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Zakan-Yurt was renamed to Prigorodnoye, and settled by people from other ethnic groups. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast.
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Zaki-Evla.
On 1 January 2020, the territory of the Samashki Forestry was transferred from Samashki to Zakan-Yurt, and became known as Zakan-Yurt Forestry.
From the History section of Zakan-Yurt on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Grozny Airport (GRV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 25 km away.
- Grozny 22 km east, about 22 min by car
- Sunzha 31 km west, about 31 min by car
- Shali 41 km east, about 41 min by car
- Karabulak 43 km west, about 43 min by car
- Nazran 53 km west, about 53 min by car
- Vladikavkaz 66 km west, about 1 h by car
- Malgobek 73 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Beslan 73 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sagopshi 72 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mozdok 82 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- Закан-Юртар маьждиг, Flandria12, CC BY 4.0
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