Davydenko, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District

Davydenko (Russian: Давыденко, Chechen: Шовдана-Юрт, Şovdana-Yurt)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Davydenko are Novy Sharoy in the south, Assinovskaya in the south-west, Sernovodskoye in the north-west, and Samashki in the north-east.

[5] According to data from the end of 1889, a location called Davydenkova farm was present on the list, as a part of the Samashki rural settlement.

According to the list of populated places of the North Caucasus in 1925, Davydenko had 366 residents (174 men and 192 women), as well as a pond and an elementary school, among other things.

Davydenko hosts a secondary school,[11] a paramedic-midwife station, a House of Culture, a library, a mosque, and several farms which grow produce such as grapes and wheat.

Map of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District with Davydenko highlighted