Rural locality of the Chechen Republic, Russia
For other places with the same name, see
Alleroy
.
43°05′13″N
46°18′07″E
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43.087°N 46.302°E
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43.087; 46.302
Alleroy
(
Russian
:
Аллерой
;
Chechen
:
?аларой-Эвла
,
Jalaroy-Evla
)
[1]
is a
rural locality
(a
selo
) in
Kurchaloyevsky District
of the
Chechen Republic
,
Russia
.
Administrative and municipal status
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Municipally, Alleroy is incorporated into
Alleroyskoye rural settlement
. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.
[2]
Geography
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Alleroy is located on both banks of the
Michik River
at the confluence of the Maly Michik tributary. It is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of the town of
Kurchaloy
and 60 kilometres (37 mi) south-east of the city of
Grozny
.
The nearest settlements to Alleroy are
Verkhny Noyber
in the north,
Koshkeldy
in the north-east,
Ishkhoy-Yurt
in the east,
Galayty
and
Meskety
in the south-east, and
Akhmat-Yurt
in the west.
[3]
History
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In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
was abolished, the village of Alleroy was renamed to Shuragat, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of
Dagestan
.
[4]
From 1944 to 1957, it was the administrative center of the
Shuragatsky 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, Alleroy.
Post-war insurgency in Chechnya
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On January 28?29, 2004, a force of
Akhmad Kadyrov
's Security Service and police carried out a mass cleansing operation in Alleroy. Two days later Sultan Dadayev, who led the operation, and four of his men were shot dead in Aleroy by pro-Maskhadov fighters.
On May 1, 2004, Alleroy was invaded by fighters from the Akhmed Avdarkhanov group. The combatants went to the home of the Abuyev family, whose son Suleiman worked for Kadyrov Security Service. Suleiman was not at home and the fighters kidnapped Yusup Abuyev, Abukar Abuyev, and Isa Ousmayev. The
hostages
' relatives were told the men were kidnapped in retaliation for the murder of Ruslan Dalkhanov, who had been kidnapped from his house by Kadyrov's Security Service under command of Suleiman Abuyev and
tortured
to death. On November 9, 2004, a grave was discovered in the proximity of Aleroy, which contained the bodies of the three men, kidnapped by the Chechen fighters on May 1.
On July 12, 2004, guerrillas entered Alleroy. The fighters first blocked all entrances to the village and then in the videotaped attack seized the buildings of the security forces, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing twelve members of pro-Moscow Chechen
militia
. A small relief force composed of a carload of
paramilitaries
was ambushed and destroyed, according to villagers.
Population
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- 1874 Census: 998
- 2002 Census: 10,225
- 2010 Census: 11,132
[5]
- 2018 Census: 13,151
According to the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Alleroy (11,099) were ethnic Chechens, with 33 people from other ethnic backgrounds.
The absolute majority of the village's population are from the
Alleroy
teip (clan). To the south of this village lies the clan's ancestral village of the same name,
Alleroy
.
Infrastructure
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Alleroy hosts three secondary schools, a mosque,
[6]
and a kindergarten.
[7]
Famous natives
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8. http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/8970-zeydlits-n-k-spiski-naselennyh-mest-kavkazskogo-kraya-vyp-1-%20tersk#mode/inspect/page/59/zoom/7
Sources
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- Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 2004