Sunzha

Sunzha Сунжа
Town
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	Шолжа
Coat of arms
Location of Sunzha
Sunzha Location of Sunzha Sunzha Sunzha (Republic of Ingushetia)
Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°4′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ingushetia
Founded	1845
Town status since	2016
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Sunzhensky District
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	386200-386204
OKTMO ID	26720000001
Website	www.sunzhangrad.ru

Sunzha (before 2016 — Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Template:Lang-inh) is a town in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.

Geography

Sunzha is located in the valley of the Sunzha River, 22 km northest from Nazran, and 47 km west from Grozny. Hostorically, the town was laid on the northern bank of the river, however, currently the both banks are being inhabited.

Sunzhensky ridge is situated to the north of the town. To the west, Sunzha borders Troitskya, on the east Sernovosky of the Sunzhensky District of Chechnya. 5 km to the south lies Nesterovskaya.

The train station Sleptsovkaya of the North Caucasian railway is the last stop on the trail. THe railway connection between Sunzha and Grozny existed before the military conflict in Chechnya, however, in 1990's the railways has been damaged and consequently destroyed.

History

The establishment of the early settlement is associated with the Ingush higlanders moving from the Assinkoe gorge to the plains. In 18th century Ingush highlanders are establishing settlements in the modern Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia. According to the maps of 1834 several Ingush settlements are known to the area, including Kurei-Yurt which was lying on the modern boundaries of the town of Sunzha. According to the rapport by the Vladikavkaz commandant the population of village Kurai-Yurt was 585 people, which was considered to be relatively large settlement. THe other sources acknowledge the village under the name of Korei-Yurd, such as on the "Map of left flank of the Caucausian line" in 1840.

The founder of the village was Kuri, the son of Ali Template:Lang-inh), from the Leimi village of the mountainous Dzheirakhski district of Ingushetia. In the late 20's of the XIX, he moved from his native Leimi and established Kuri-Yurt which existed untill 1845, where it was destroyed during the Russian colonization, which established Sunzha line of cossacks settlements on the sights of villages of the indigenous population.

In 1845, during the Caucasian war, stanitsa Sunzhenskay has been established as a part of Sunzha cossack line. The stanitsas were inhabited by settlers from already existing cossack settlements in the Caucasus, as well as Don cossacks.