Argun, Chechen Republic

Argun (Russian Аргун; Chechen Устрада / Ustrada ) is a county-level Russian city with 29,525 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the autonomous republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus Federal District.

Geography

Argun is located in the Caucasus foothills at an average altitude of 125 m above sea level in the central part of Chechnya, 16 km east of the capital Grozny. Other nearby towns are Shali (16 km south) and Gudermes (19 km east). The urban area Arguns located on the eponymous river from the river system of the Terek.

The city lies within the Rajons Shali, but constitutes an independent administrative unit

History

Argun emerged called Ustargardoi ( Устаргардой ) from the Aul known since the 18th century. After the Second World War, when the Soviet Autonomous Republic of the Chechens had been resolved temporarily, all Aul residents were displaced, and at the site of the old village grew a workers' settlement, which was named after the river Argun. In the 1960s, the Chechens were given back their own autonomous republic, and Argun in 1967 officially to the city.

During the First and the Second Chechen War in the 1990s, Argun was significant damage them.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and Transport

As an industrial suburb of Grozny Argun has mainly food manufacturing companies. In May 2008, the production of passenger vehicles of the brand Lada was started in one of the former factories for agricultural machinery. First, here was the 2107 built, today instead of Priora.

Argun is located on the highway M29 and along the route of the North Caucasian railway from Grozny to Baku via Makhachkala.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Movsar Barayev (1979-2002), leader of a terror squads
• Abdul Halim Sadulajew (1967-2006), rebel leader