Meredzhi

Meredzhi[lower-alpha 1] is a non-residential rural locality (a selo) in Galanchozhsky District of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia (Until September 26, 2018, it was in the Sunzhensky District of Ingushetia[4][5]).

Meredzhi
Мереджи
Selo
Other transcription(s)
 • ChechenМержа
 • IngushМерже
Meredzhi is located in Russia
Meredzhi
Meredzhi
Location of Meredzhi
Meredzhi is located in Chechnya
Meredzhi
Meredzhi
Meredzhi (Chechnya)
Coordinates: 42°56′16″N 45°07′58″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChechnya
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total0
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
0
 • Subordinated toGalanchozhsky District

History

Meredzhi is the ancestral aul of the Merzhoy teip.

In the second half of the 18th century (1770s), the German researcher J. A. Güldenstädt indicated the village of Meredzhi among the total number of Ingush villages proper.[6] Meredzhi among the villages of the Ingush in 1823 was also mentioned by S. M. Bronevskiy.[7]

According to the Regulations on the management of the Terek Oblast in 1862, the Ingushskiy Okrug was established as part of the Western Department. It included societies of Nazranians, Karabulaks, Galgai, Kistins, Akkins and Tsorins[8] (also Meredzhin society and some Galanchozh and Yalkharoy auls[9] which were ceded to Argunskiy Okrug in 1866 due to them belonging to the same nation as the locals (Chechens) and geographically closer to the central governance of the Okrug[10]). The village of Meredzhi was part of the Gorsky section of the Ingush district.[9]

According to 2 censuses done by the Russian empire and Soviet Union (1891-1926) the inhabitants of Meredzhi (and its surrounding settlements) were all Chechens. [11][12]

Geography

Meredzhi is located on the right bank of the Fortanga river, on the Meredzhi river, at the foot of the Kyurelam mountain range. The nearest settlements: in the northwest (downstream of Fortanga) — the village of Dattykh, in the northeast (upstream of Fortanga) — the village of Gandalbos, in the west — the village of Tsecha-Akhki, in the east — the village of Khaykharoy.

Tower in between a cliff
Tower in between a cliff

Notes

  1.  • Russian: Мереджи, romanized: Meredzhi
     • Chechen: Мержа, romanized: Merzha
     • Ingush: Мерже, romanized: Merzhe[3]

    References
    1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
    2. "Таблица 5. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более". Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года
    3. Доклад о границах и территории Ингушетии 2021, p. 72.
    4. Кавказский Узел: анализ картографов 2018.
    5. Zheng 2018.
    6. Гюльденштедт 2002, p. 242.
    7. Броневский 1823, p. 166.
    8. Сборник документов и материалов 2020, pp. 255–257.
    9. Сборник статистических сведений о Кавказе 1869, p. 45.
    10. https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000200_000018_RU_NLR_BIBL_A_012304072?page=3&rotate=0&theme=white
    11. "Statistical tables of populated areas of the Terek region / ed. Tersk. stat. com. ed. Evg. Maksimov. — Vladikavkaz, 1890—1891. — 7 t. p. 60". Archived from the original on 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
    12. "Settled results of the 1926 census in the North Caucasus region — Don State Public". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

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