Braguny

Braguny (Russian: Брагуны, Chechen: БоргӀане,[1] Borġane; Kumyk: Борагъан, Borağan) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gudermessky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Braguny are Staro-Scherdinskaya in the north, Khangish-Yurt in the east, Solsabekan-Kotar in the south-east, the city of Gudermes in the south, and Darbankhi in the south-west.

A letter from the Terek governor in Moscow in 1621 indicates that the Kumyk ruler Soltan-Magmut (Soltan-Mahmud, Soltan-Mut) arrived with eight princes, including the Bragunsky Kudeney-Murza, Batay-Murza Shikhmurzin and 38 of his brides.

Chechen version: According to the legend of the Bragunians themselves, the village was founded by the leader of the nomadic tribe Borahan, when, crossing in the caravan over the Sunzha River, a huge sturgeon squeezed into the spokes of the arba.

A letter from the Terek governor to Moscow in 1621 indicates the arrival at the embassy of the Kumyk ruler Soltan-Magmut (Soltan-Mahmud, Soltan-Mut) with the Mychkiz and Okotsk societies, with eight princes, including the Baragun Kuden-Murza, Batay-Murza Shikhmurzin and 38 of his brides.