Shirdi-Mokhk

Shirdi-Mokhk (Russian: Шерды-Мохк, Chechen: Ширдий-Мохк, Şirdiy-Moxk)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

The nearest settlements to Shirdi-Mokhk are Enikali in the north, Gezinchu in the north-east, Bas-Gordali in the east, Nizhny Kurchali in the south, Mesedoy in the south-west, and Guni in the north-west.

[3] The village is considered as a general center for the Shirdiy teip (a part of the Nokhckmakhkakhoy tukkhum), whose name may have originated at the Chechen word "ширдолг", which translates roughly as "slingshot".

There is another version of how the village got its name - in the Kalmyk language, "ширди" roughly meant "people who dressed in quilted felt", which may describe burkas.

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