Vedeno

Vedeno (Russian: Ведено́; Chechen: Ведана, Vedana) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Vedensky District, Chechnya.

[1] The village of Vedeno is located in the central part of Vedensky District, between the Akhkinchu and Khulkhulau rivers.

The nearest settlements to Vedeno are Ersenoy in the north-east, Dyshne-Vedeno in the south-east, Mekhkadettan-Irze in the south-west, Eshilkhatoy in the west, and Zelamkhin-Kotar in the north-west.

From September 1919 to March 1920, the village was the capital of the North Caucasian Emirate, an Islamic state which appeared in the territory of Chechnya and western Dagestan.

[3] In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, Vedeno was one of the very few villages which was not renamed and had its original name preserved.

In August 2001, separatists led by Ibn Khattab ambushed and engaged in battle with Russian troops in the village, during which the military commandant's office was attacked.