Itum-Kale
Rural locality in Chechnya, Russia
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Itum-Kale (Russian: Итум-Кале, Chechen: Итон-Кхаьлла, Iton-Qälla), also spelled as Itum-Kali (Russian: Итум-Кали) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Itum-Kalinsky District, the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: 1,068 (2010 census);[3] 2,916 (2002 census);[4] In 1944 the area's Chechen inhabitants were deported on the order of Joseph Stalin and the area transferred to Georgia; this decision was reversed in the late 1950s and the Chechens who had survived were allowed to return.[5]
Itum-Kale
Итум-Кале Chechen: Итон-Кхаьлла | |
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Village | |
A tower in Itum-Kale | |
 Interactive map of Itum-Kale | |
  Itum-Kale Location of Itum-Kale  Itum-Kale Itum-Kale (Chechnya) | |
| Coordinates: 42°44′4″N 45°44′31″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chechnya |
| Administrative district | Itum-Kalinsky district |
| Elevation | 717 m (2,352 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2010) | 1,068 ) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [1]) |
| Postal code[2] | 87164 |
| OKTMO ID | 96611410101 |
Events in the Second Chechen War
During the 1999-2000 siege of Grozny, and after its fall to Russian forces, large numbers of refugees headed toward Georgia through Itum-Kale. In November and December 1999, Russian forces bombarded refugees passing through the town, killing several.[6][7]
There were clashes between Russian and Chechen forces around Itum-Kale and other nearby villages in mid-February 2000.[8]
On 27 July 2002, during the guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War, 50 to 60 Chechen fighters launched an attack near Itum-Kale, killing eight soldiers.[9] Russian officials claimed that the attack had been launched from the Pankisi Gorge inside Georgia. Georgia initially denied the claim, but then on 3 and 5 August announced that it had captured 13 Chechens who had survived the fighting at Itum-Kale as they tried to cross back into Georgia.[9] Russia demanded the extradition of the 13 captured fighters, which Georgia refused. The episode formed part of the Pankisi Gorge crisis.
People from Itum-Kale
- Pasikhat Dzhukalaeva - supercentenarian was born nearby.[10][11][12]