Verkhatoy
Verkhatoy ({{langx|ru|Верхатой}}, {{langx|ce|ВорхатIа}}, Vorxatha){{cite web |title=Ярташ |url=http://daymohk-gazet.ru/ry |website="Даймохк" газет |language=ru-RU}} is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.
Administrative and municipal status
Municipally, Verkhatoy is incorporated into Tsa-Vedenskoye rural settlement. It is one of three settlements included in it.{{cite web |title=Сельское поселение Ца-Веденское (Чеченская Республика) |url=https://www.bankgorodov.com/settlement/ca-vedenskoe-selskoe-poselenie |website=www.bankgorodov.com}}
Geography
File:Map of Vedensky District (rural settlements).png
Verkhatoy is located between the Elistanzhi and Khulkhulau rivers. It is {{convert|10|km|mi}} north-east of the village of Vedeno.
The nearest settlements to Verkhatoy are Benoy in the north, Guni and Khadzhi-Yurt in the north-east, Tsa-Vedeno and Verkhny Tsa-Vedeno in the south-east, Eshilkhatoy and Elistanzhi in the south, and Khattuni in the south-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 Verkhatoy was renamed, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.{{cite web |title=Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920–2000 годы) |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/2005/0211/analit01.php |website=www.demoscope.ru}} From 1944 to 1958, 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, Verkhatoy.{{cite web |title=О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области |url=http://lawru.info/dok/1957/01/09/n1193134.htm |website=lawru.info |language=ru-RU}}
Population
- 2002 Census: 465
- 2010 Census: 971{{cite web |title=ВПН-2010 |url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm |website=www.gks.ru}}
- 2019 estimate: ?
According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Verkhatoy were ethnic Chechens.
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