Gudermes

Gudermes (Russian Гудермес; Chechen Гуьмсе, Gümse ) is a town with 45 631 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. It lies on the River Güms (Russian Gums, also Belka ), a right tributary of the Sunzha, about 36 km east of the Republic capital Grozny.

History

The place name is derived from the alternative name of the river Güms. Maybe Gudermes is taken from the Turkic and means as much as " non-flammable place ". The first mention of the village under this name comes from records of the 19th century.

On 14 January 1929, in this village a " workers 'settlement ' recognized, which was lodged on April 5, 1941 to the city. The rural town that was since 1930 the seat of a raion administration had turned into a railway junction on the routes to Rostov-on- Don, Baku, Astrakhan and Mozdok. Today Gudermes is also the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons. An important industry in Gudermes is oil mining.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Infrastructure

During the First Chechen War, the city was hotly contested and carried considerable destruction of them, which could not be completely eliminated until today, although the city was handed over at the beginning of the Second Chechen War, a fight to the Russian side. The city lies near the border with republic of Dagestan and has a connection to the highway M29, which leads to Makhachkala, as well as a railway station.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ruslan Yamadayev (1961-2008), politician
• Sulim Yamadayev (1973-2009), military in the first and second Chechen War
• Lechi Kurbanov (born 1978 ), martial artist
• Salman Radujew (1967-2002), separatist leader