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Kulary43°14′13″N 45°30′03″E / 43.23694°N 45.50083°E Kulary (Russian: Кулары, Chechen: ГӀулара,[1] Ġulara) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal statusMunicipally, Kulary is incorporated as Kularinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2] Geography Kulary is located on the right bank of the Sunzha River, just before its confluence with the Gekhi River. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan and 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Kulary are Zakan-Yurt in the north-west, Alkhan-Kala in the north-east, Alkhan-Yurt in the east, the city of Urus-Martan in the south-east, Gekhi in the south, Valerik in the south-west, and Khambi-Irze in the west.[3] HistoryIn 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Kulara was renamed to Naberezhnoye, and was settled by people from other ethnic groups.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of Grozny Oblast. In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Kulara. On 1 January 2020, the village of Kulary, as well as the entire territory of the rural settlement, was transferred from Groznensky District to Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.[5] PopulationAccording to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Kulary (5,354 or 99,90%) were ethnic Chechens. EducationThe village of Kulary hosts one secondary school.[9] References
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