Argun, Chechen Republic

Argun (Russian: Аргу́н, pronounced [ɐrˈgun]), also known as Ustrada (Chechen: Устрада-ГӀала, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River.

In April 2017 the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta documented that Chechen authorities had set up so-called "gay concentration camps", within the town.

[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of republic significance of Argun—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[2] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Argun is incorporated as Argun Urban Okrug.

[3] Argun has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

Entrance to Argun