Babayurt district

Babayurt district is located on the Kumyk plane . In the north it borders with the Kizlyar region , in the south with the Kumtorkalinsky and Khasavyurt districts, in the west with the Chechen Republic , and the eastern part of the region is washed by the waters of the Caspian Sea .

The area of ​​the district is 3255.22 km² and is the second largest (after the Nogai ) district of the republic.

By the decision of the 4th session of the 6th convocation of the Central Executive Committee of the DASSR on November 22, 1928, the Babayurt canton was allocated from the territory of the former Khasavyurt and Makhachkala districts . In the new regionalization, the canton left the former Khasavyurt district: 56.8% of the territory, 25% of village councils, 35.5% of settlements, 21.6% of the population; from Makhachkala: 9.8% of the territory, 4.4% of village councils, 10.4% of settlements, 4.5% of the population ^[3] .

According to the new regionalization, the canton consisted of 12 village councils which included the following settlements (the ethnic composition of the settlement is indicated in brackets: a - Avars, k - Kumyks, non - Germans, n - Nogais, p - Russians, h - Chechens):

1. Adil-Yangyurt - Adil-Yangyurt (ch, h), Aler-otar (h), Apache-otar (h), Karauzek (n), Karaozek-otar (a), Kachalay-kutan (k), Temir- Giray-otar (k), Khoshkeldi-otar (h), Chankyurt (h);

2. Assaulsky - Assaul (n), Avledkin (n), Vataga (r), Gubechaul (n), Kumaul (n), Kut No. 1 (k), Kut No. 2 (k), Kut No. 3 (r), Small Kum (n), Medetaul (n), Mekteb (n), Ferry-aul (k), Ramazan-aul (n), Uzun-aul (n);

3. Babayurtovsky - Babayurt (k, n), Akhay-otar (k), Aythana (h), Alibekotar (k), Gemetyube (n), Kara-Tyube (n), Kutanaul (n), Romanovka (Brick Kutan ) (h), Muzhukai (n), Napiy-otar (k), Tavlu-otar (h), Theremin-otar (h), Tyup-kutan (k), Shahbalat (h), Yangylbay (n), Yalangechiv ( m);

4. Bakiliaulsky - Bakil-aul (n), Taxanak (n), Chizhivut (n);

5. Germenchikotarsky - Germenchik-otar (k), Naryshkin (h);

6. Kaziyurtovsky - Kaziyurt (k);

7. Kazmaaulsky - Kazma-Aul (k), Aselder-Hadji (k, h), Yarokai (Marienfeld) (not, h);

8. Lviv - Colony No. 1 (not); Colony No. 2 (not); Colony No. 3 (not); Colony No. 5 (k);

9. Luxembourg - Luxembourg (not), Turshunay (not, k), Hasanay-Dik (not);

10. Tamazatyubinsky - Tamaz-Tyube (n), Karasakal (n), Karayar-aul (n), Orazgulaul (n), Hadzhibayaul (n), Shava (k), Shenfeld (not), Shikhaliiaul (n), Yalangachkol ( m);

11. Hamamatyurt - Hamamatyurt (k), Vagab-otar (k, h), Ibrahimotar (h), Patimatotar (h), Utsmiyurt (h, k), Hamza-otar (h), Chuval-Yaga (h);

12. Khamzayurtovsky - Khamzayurt (k), Anduzlu (k), Kazankulak (h), Kambulat (h), Kostekotar (k), Nogayotar (h), Khamzayurtovsky (k), Sprengel (not) ^[3] .

By decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of June 3, 1929, the canton was transformed into a district.

By the decree of the PVS of the RSFSR of February 1, 1963, the Babayurt district was abolished, and its territory was transferred to the enlarged Khasavyurt rural region. By the decree of the PVS of the RSFSR of June 12, 1965, the region was restored to its former borders.

National composition

The majority of the population of the region are Turkic peoples (Kumyks and Nogais - about 65%). Mountain Dagestan peoples were resettled and scattered across the plain Dagestan, including in the Babayurt district, from the middle of the 20th century ^[16] . The share of Russians in the region decreased from 20.6% in 1939 to 0.79% in 2010 ^{[17] [18]} .

The national composition of the population according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census ^[18] :

Dynamics of the national composition of the region

According to the 1926 All-Union Census:

• Kumyks - 6,833 people. (42.8%, numerically prevailed in 25 settlements and 5 village councils);
• Nogai - 4,435 people (27.9%, numerically prevailing in 26 settlements and 4 village councils);
• Chechens - 3,116 people. (19.5%, numerically prevailed in 20 settlements and 1 village councils);
• Germans - 1,176 people (7.4%, numerically prevailing in 6 settlements and 2 village councils);
• Avars - 240 people (1.5%, numerically prevailed in 1 settlement);
• others - 153 people. (0.9%) ^[3] .

Before World War II, several German colonies were located in the region: Romanovka (Luxembourg) , Kharch No. 1 (Lviv No. 1) , Neu-Hoffnung (New Hope) , Turshunay , Dik (Hasanay) , Eigenheim (Tataurt) , Ebenfeld (Kaplanovka) , Springel , Schönfeld , Agrahan No. 16, Kaplan No. 15, Marienfeld , Neu-Terek. Based on the secret decree of GKO No. 827 “On the resettlement of Germans from the Dagestan and Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics” dated October 22, 1941, the entire German population of the region was resettled in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

On the basis of a secret resolution of the USSR State Defense Committee No. 5073 on the eviction of Chechens and Ingush to the Kazakh and Kyrgyz SSR of January 31, 1944, the entire Chechen population was evicted from the territory of the region.

The municipal district includes 15 municipalities with the status of rural settlements and 22 settlements in their composition ^[19] .

Settlements

Abandoned settlements

Alikazgan , Novo-Georgievskoe , Ostrikovka , Schönfeld .

Settlements - enclaves

On the territory of the Babayurt district there are allotments - “ kutans ” of the mountainous regions of Dagestan, on the lands of which settlements with a permanent population began to appear in the 1970s. Now there are about 200 such villages in the district, some of them exist officially and administratively are part of the corresponding mountainous regions, and some do not have official status. The population of such villages in the district is about 60 thousand people and, thus, exceeds the population of the Babayurt district itself ^{[20] [21]} :

• Agrakhansky State Nature Reserve of Federal Importance ^[23]

• Website of the municipality of the Republic of Dagestan "Babayurt district"

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