Verkhatoy

Verkhatoy (Russian: Верхатой, Chechen: ВорхатIа, Vorxatha)[1] is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

Municipally, Verkhatoy is incorporated into Tsa-Vedenskoye rural settlement.

The nearest settlements to Verkhatoy are Benoy in the north, Guni and Khadzhi-Yurt in the north-east, Tsa-Vedeno and Verkhny Tsa-Vedeno in the south-east, Eshilkhatoy and Elistanzhi in the south, and Khattuni in the south-west.

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Verkhatoy was renamed, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.

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