Katyr-Yurt
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43°10′07″N 45°22′05″E / 43.16861°N 45.36806°E Katyr-Yurt (Russian: Катыр-Юрт[1] or Катар-Юрт[2], Chechen: Котар-Йурт[3], Kotar-Yurt) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.
Municipally, Katyr-Yurt is incorporated as Katyr-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[4]
Geography
Katyr-Yurt is located between the Netkhoy and Shalazha rivers. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny.
The nearest settlements to Katyr-Yurt are Shaami-Yurt and Valerik in the north-east, Gekhi in the east, Gekhi-Chu in the south-east, Shalazhi in the south, Yandi in the south-west, Bamut in the west, and Achkhoy-Martan in the north-west.[5]
History
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Katyr-Yurt was renamed to Tutovo, and settled by people from other ethnic groups.[6] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast.
In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Katyr-Yurt.[7]