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Sredny Kurchali43°00′54″N 46°11′10″E / 43.01500°N 46.18611°E Sredny Kurchali (Russian: Средние Курчали, Chechen: Йукъерa-Курчала, Yuq̇era-Kurçala)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal statusMunicipally, Sredny Kurchali is incorporated into Kurchalinskoye rural settlement. It is one of the six settlements included in it.[2] Geography.png) Sredny Kurchali is located on the right bank of the Gums River. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Vedeno. The nearest settlements to Sredny Kurchali are Nizhny Kurchali in the north-west, Bas-Gordali in the north-east, Tazen-Kala in the south, Tsentaroy and Verkhny Kurchali in the south-east, Ersenoy in the south-west, and Mesedoy 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 Sredny Kurchali was renamed to Kolob, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1957, 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, Sredny Kurchali.[5] Population
According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Sredny Kurchali were ethnic Chechens. References
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