Nazran
Etymology
The name of the town, possibly, derives from the name of the legendary first settler Nyasar (Ingush: Наьсар, also referred as Närt-Näsar Ingush: Наьрт-Наьсар, lit. 'Hero Näsar').
The town is associated by some scholars like Leonid Lavrov with the Arabic word "al nasaraa" (النصارى), meaning "Christian", thus explaining that the name was gotten from the fact that supposedly Christianity held on for longer in Nazran unlike in other neighboring places in Ingushetia. Although author explains that Muslims already were present here in 1405–1406. Vladimir Markovin also stated that the name of Nazran has an Arabic origin while quoting Lavrov.
History
18th–20th centuries
The aul of Nazran was founded in the late 18th century, with the official date of the foundation being considered 1781. This is based on the report of L. L. Shteder, who during his expedition to Caucasus in 1781, noticed Ingush outposts on the river of Nazranka. After becoming a military fortress in 1817, Nazran saw large numbers of Ingush population moving into it. It was granted town status in 1967.
During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Nazranovsky Okrug of the Terek Oblast. During the Soviet period, Nazran was the administrative center of Nazranovsky District within the Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic were separated in 1991, the town became the republic's capital. This brought about a sharp increase in population: while counting 18,246 inhabitants according to the 1989 Census, during the 2002 Census Nazran had as many as 125,056 inhabitants.
21st century
2004 rebel raid on Nazran
In 2004, a group of Chechen and Ingush militants carried out a large-scale raid on Ingushetia, led by Shamil Basayev. The overnight attacks targeted fifteen official buildings in Nazran, and at least three towns and villages located on the Baku-Rostov highway that crosses the republic from east to west.
The raid lasted nearly five hours, and the assailants - said to number 200 to 300 - withdrew almost unscathed; the raiders apparently lost only two men during the attacks. The rebels killed 67 members of security forces, including the republic's Interior Minister Abukar Kostoyev, his deputy Zyaudin Kotiev, top prosecutors, and other officials; they also captured and looted the MVD's armory and police depots. 25 civilians, including a local United Nations worker, were killed in the crossfire.
Federal Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev met with General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, the commander of Russia's Interior Ministry forces, and blamed them for the high number of deaths. Tikhomirov decided to resign after the meeting.
2008 protests
Widespread protests erupted in January 2008, with a strong government response. The disturbances appear to have been fueled by heavy-handed government and para-military activity, including abductions, arrests and murders. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Zyazikov.
2009 bombing
In August 2009, a suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the Nazran police headquarters. Russian news agencies reported that 25 were killed in the attack, and roughly 140 were wounded. It is believed that more bodies may still be in the rubble, yet to be found. The police headquarters was completely destroyed in the attack, including up to 30 police vehicles and munition stores.
Geography
Location
Nazran is located in the western area of Ingushetia, at the borders with Prigorodny Raion of North Ossetia-Alania. It also borders the raion of Nazranovsky; and the nearest settlements are Ekazhevo, the new town of Magas, and Barsuki. It is 27 km from the North Ossetian-Alanian capital city, Vladikavkaz, 19 from Karabulak and 54 from Malgobek.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nazran serves as the administrative center of Nazranovsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of republic significance of Nazran—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Nazran is incorporated as Nazran Urban Okrug.
Climate
Nazran has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb).
| Climate data for Nazran | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
4.0 (39.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26 (1.0) |
28 (1.1) |
41 (1.6) |
67 (2.6) |
106 (4.2) |
130 (5.1) |
99 (3.9) |
79 (3.1) |
59 (2.3) |
45 (1.8) |
39 (1.5) |
31 (1.2) |
750 (29.4) |
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Transportation
Nazran is located on the M29 federal highway and has a railway station on the Rostov-on-Don–Baku line. Magas Airport serves the city and the near town of Magas.
Sport
FC Angusht Nazran is the city's association football club. Its home ground is the Rashid Aushev Central Stadium.
Twin cities
Gallery
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Memorial for the memory of victims of political oppressions in Nazran -
Panoramic view -
Railway station building -
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Notes
- ^ The official founding date of Nazran considered 1781 which is based on the fact that Russian officer L. L. Shteder mentioned the Ingush post on a high cape between the Sunzha and Nazranka rivers in that year. The decision on this historical determination of the date of the founding of the city was made at the conference held by the Nazran city administration on July 15, 2000. However the aul Nazran has been mentioned earlier as Nasranova in the year 1774 on the map "Carte de la partie septentrionale de l'empire otoman" made by Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni. Overall, in the documents of 1780s, there has been mentioned various times about an Ingush village on the Nazranka river as well as the mention of the Nazran by its name.
- ^ Alimbek Kurkiev who held this point of view, did not rule out the possibility of certain connection of 'Nazran' with the mineral water Narzan, found in present-day Stavropol Krai, or with the Kabardian name of Kislovodsk, Nartsanē/Nartsana (Kabardian: Нарцанэ/Нартсана).
- ^ In Russian transliteration of Leonid Lavrov насрāнӣй.
- ^ Markovin used this as one of the arguments that the spread Christianity by Georgians had strong influence on Chechens and Ingush, in particularly their culture and language.
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- ^ Kurkiev 1978, p. 21.
- ^ Kurkiev 1979, p. 217.
- ^ Lavrov 1966, p. 200.
- ^ Markovin 1987, p. 39.
- ^ БСЭ 1939.
- ^ Pallas (Shteder) 1797, p. 26.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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- ^ "Clashes erupt at Ingushetia rally" (BBC News, 26 January 2008)
- ^ "Bombing kills 20 in Russian republic of Ingushetia" (Los Angeles Times, 18 August 2009)
- ^ "Climate: Nazran". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "Nazran". aksakal.info. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
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Documents
- Народное Собрание Республики Ингушетия. Закон №5-РЗ от 23 февраля 2009 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Республики Ингушетия и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №9-РЗ от 4 марта 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Ингушетия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Республики Ингушетия и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ингушетия", №26–27, 3 марта 2009 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Law #5-RZ of February 23, 2009 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Ingushetia and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #9-RZ of March 4, 2014 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Ingushetia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Ingushetia and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
External links
- (in Russian) Nazran official website
- 34127229 Nazran on OpenStreetMap
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