Elistanzhi

Elistanzhi (Russian: Элистанжи, Chechen: Элистанжа, Elistanƶa)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Elistanzhi are Tsa-Vedeno and Verkhatoy in the north-east, Vedeno and Zelamkhin-Kotar in the east, Eshilkhatoy in the south-east, and Khattuni and Tevzana in the west.

In 1958, after the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old Chechen name, Elistanzha.

[5] On 7 October 1999, two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter bombers dropped several cluster bombs onto Elistanzhi.

The attack killed at least 34 people, including nine children, who died when a bomb hit the local school.