Achkhoy-Martan

Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporated as Achkhoy-Martanovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2] Achkhoy-Martan, which is the largest rural settlement in Chechnya, is also the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.[3]

Map of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District. Achkhoy-Martan is in the south-west

The Fortanga River (Chechen: Марта) flows through the center of the village. To the east of the village is the Achkhu River. The name of the village comes from these two rivers.

Achkhoy-Martan is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Achkhoy-Martan are Novy Sharoy in the north, Shaami-Yurt in the north-east, Katyr-Yurt in the east, Stary Achkhoy and Yandi in the south-east, Bamut in the south-west, and Assinovskaya in the north-west.[4]

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Achkhoy-Martan was renamed to Novoselskoye, and settled by people from other ethnic groups.[5] From 1944 to 1957, it was the administrative center of the Novoselsky District of Grozny Oblast.

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Achkhoy-Martan.[6]

• 1959 Census: 8,389
• 1970 Census: 12,250
• 1979 Census: 12,276
• 1989 Census: 14,680
• 1990 Census: 15,101[7]
• 2002 Census: 16,742[8]
• 2010 Census: 20,172[9]
• 2019 estimate: 24,212

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Achkhoy-Martan (20,113 or 99.7%) were ethnic Chechens, with 59 people (0.3%) coming from other ethnic backgrounds.

The mosque in Achkhoy-Martan.

The district library in Achkhoy-Martan has around 70,000 books. The village also hosts nine secondary schools, an eight-year school, three kindergartens, and a youth center. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, a boarding school was also present in Achkhoy-Martan. The village also hosts a mosque.

The Achkhoy-Martan state farm exists in the village, and engages in cereal crops, cattle breeding and gardening. The village also hosts the largest seed processing plant in Chechnya, as well as a plastic factory, one of the largest bases of building materials in the republic.

The village has its own football club "Marta", volleyball team "Achkhoy", a sports club, and hosts competitions in judo, karate, taekwondo and boxing.

• Tamerlan Bashaev, a judo champion;
• Yunus Desheriev, a scholar and linguist;
• Magomet Mamakaev, a Chechen poet, prose writer, publicist, and literary critic;
• Magomed Bibulatov, a famous MMA fighter.