Akhkinchu-Borzoy

Akhkinchu-Borzoy (Russian: Ахкинчу-Борзой[1], Chechen: Аьхкинчу-Борзе,[2] Äxkinçu-Borze), also spelled as Akhkinchu-Borzoi, is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

[3] Akhkinchu-Borzoy is located on the left bank of the Gums River in a mountainous area.

The nearest settlements to Akhkinchu-Borzoy are Dzhigurty in the north, Gansolchu in the east, Yalkhoy-Mokhk in the south, and Khidi-Khutor in the south-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 Akhkinchu-Borzoy was renamed to Novo-Ritlyab, and was settled by Avar people from the village of Ritlyab in the neighboring republic of Dagestan.

[5] In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Akhkinchu-Borze.