Belty, Kurchaloyevsky District

43°06′15″N 46°10′08″E Belty (Russian: Бельты, Chechen: Белта,[1] Belta) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Belty is incorporated into Yalkhoy-Mokhkskoye rural settlement. It is one of three settlements included in it.[2]

Geography

Map of Kurchaloyevsky District. Belty (not shown) is in the Yalkhoy-Mokhk ("Ялхой-Мохк") rural settlement

Belty is located on the left bank of the Gums River. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south-east of Kurchaloy and 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-east of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Belty are Akhkinchu-Borzoy in the north-east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the east, Koren-Benoy in the south-west, and Khidi-Khutor in the west.[3]

History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Belty was renamed to Sagada,[4] and settled by people from the neighbouring 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, Belta.[6]

Population

• 2010 Census: 943[7]
• 2019 estimate: ?

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Belta were ethnic Chechens.

Education

Belty hosts one secondary school.[8]

References

1. "Ярташ". "Даймохк" газет (in Russian).
2. "Сельское поселение Ялхой-Мохкское (Чеченская Республика)". www.bankgorodov.com.
3. "Карта Чеченской республики подробная с районами, селами и городами. Схема и спутник онлайн". 1maps.ru.
4. "Потери вооруженных сил России и СССР в вооруженных конфликтах на Северном Кавказе (1920-2000 годы)". www.demoscope.ru.
5. "Краткая историческая справка об административно-территориальном делении Чечено-Ингушетии". chechenorg.zama.fm. Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
6. "О восстановлении Чечено-Ингушской АССР и упразднении Грозненской области". lawru.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
7. "ВПН-2010". www.gks.ru.
8. "МБОУ 'БЕЛЬТИНСКАЯ СШ', Чеченская республика - ИНН 2006002390". www.k-agent.ru.