Selmentauzen
# Selmentauzen

42°56′27″N 45°51′47″E﻿ / ﻿42.94083°N 45.86306°E﻿ / 42.94083; 45.86306 Selmentauzen (Russian: Сельментаузен, Chechen: Селман-Тевзана, Selman-Tevzana or Дуццахоте, Duccaxote) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya.

## Administrative and municipal status

Municipally, Selmentauzen is incorporated into Selmentauzenskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is one of the three settlements included in it.

## Geography

Selmentauzen is located between the Vashtar and Tenik. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) west of Vedeno.

The nearest settlements to Selmentauzen are Dutsin-Khutor in the south-west, Zonakh in the west, Ulus-Kert in the north-west, and Makhkety and Tevzana in the north-east.

## History

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Selmentauzen was renamed to Khvarshini, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan. From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Vedensky District of the Dagestan ASSR.

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

As of 1 January 1990, the rural settlement included the settlements of Nizhny Selmentauzen (284 people) and Verkhny Selementauzen (309 people).

## Population

* 1990 Census: 593
* 2002 Census: 834
* 2010 Census: 909
* 2019 estimate: ?

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Selmentauzen were ethnic Chechens.

