Bachi-Yurt

Bachi-Yurt (Russian: Бачи-Юрт, Chechen: БӀачи-Йурт,[1] Bjaçi-Yurt) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Bachi-Yurt are Melchki in the north, Oyskhara and Verkhny Noyber in the north-east, Akhmat-Yurt in the east, Dzhigurty in the south, Mayrtup in the south-west, and Ilaskhan-Yurt in the north-west.

[3] In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Bachi-Yurt was renamed to Pervomayskoye, and settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.

[4] In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Bachi-Yurt.

Bachi-Yurt hosts a sports center, named after Akhmad Kadyrov, and a local mosque.