Municipally, Engel-Yurt is incorporated as Engel-Yurtovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.[2]
Geography
Map of Gudermessky District with Engel-Yurt highlighted
Engel-Yurt is located on the left bank of the Aksai River, not far from the border with Dagestan. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the city of Gudermes and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east of the city of Grozny.
In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Engel-Yurt was renamed, and was settled by people from the neighbouring republic of Dagestan.[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of the Dagestan ASSR.
In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Engel-Yurt.[5]
