Samashki (Russian: Самашки; Chechen: СемаӀашка,[3] Semajaşka) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Samashki are Raduzhnoye to the north-east, Zakan-Yurt to the east, Novy Sharoy to the south, Davydenko to the south-west, and Sernovodskoye to the west.

[11] During both Chechen Wars the village suffered greatly from the hostilities,[12] most notably in the notorious April 1995 incident known as Samashki massacre committed by the Internal Troops of Russia which resulted in the deaths of 100 to 300 civilians.

[17] At the time, the deputy commander of the North Caucasus Military District announced that there were only "bandits and terrorists" in Samashki,[14] but a report for the British parliament claimed civilians were killed in revenge for the heavy casualties suffered there by Russian forces during the first war.

Members of the following teips (clans) live in Samashki: The R217 federal highway "Caucasus" passes 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the village.