Municipally, Akhkinchu-Borzoy is incorporated as Akhkinchu-Borzoyskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and the only settlement included in it.[3]
Geography
Akhkinchu-Borzoy is located on the left bank of the Gums River in a mountainous area. It is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of the city of Kurchaloy and 57 kilometres (35 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Akhkinchu-Borzoy was renamed to Novo-Ritlyab, and was settled by Avar people from the village of Ritlyab in the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[5]
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Akhkinchu-Borze.[6]
On 12 January 2002, during a special operation, Salman Basayev, the father of Shamil Basayev, was apparently killed in the village.[7]
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Akhkinchu-Borzoy (1,887) were ethnic Chechens, with 2 people from other ethnic backgrounds.
Infrastructure
Akhkinchu-Borzoy hosts a mosque and one secondary school.