Achkhoy-Martan

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Achkhoy-Martan (Russian: Ачхой-Мартан, Chechen: Iашхой-Марта, Jaşxoy-Marta or Тӏехьа-Март, Theẋa-Mart) is a town and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporated as Achkhoy-Martan Urban Settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. Achkhoy-Martan is the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District. Town status was granted to Achkhoy-Martan in 2023. 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.
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. 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. The village came to national attention in Russia in 1999 during the second Chechen War when it saw intense fighting and suffered severe destruction.