Mesedoy

Mesedoy (Russian: Меседой, Chechen: Месдой-КӀотар)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

[2] Mesedoy is located in the upper reaches of one of the left tributaries of the Gums River.

The nearest settlements to Mesedoy are Guni in the north-west, Nizhny Kurchali and Shirdi-Mokhk in the north-east, Ersenoy in the south-east, and Agishbatoy in the south-west.

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

[5] According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Mesedoy were ethnic Chechens.

Map of Vedensky District. Mesedoy is in the Guni rural settlement