Kulary

43°14′13″N 45°30′03″E / 43.23694°N 45.50083°E / 43.23694; 45.50083

Kulary (Russian: Кулары, Chechen: ГӀулара,^[1] Ġulara) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.

Municipally, Kulary is incorporated as Kularinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it.^[2]

Kulary is located on the right bank of the Sunzha River, just before its confluence with the Gekhi River. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of the town of Achkhoy-Martan and 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of the city of Grozny.

The nearest settlements to Kulary are Zakan-Yurt in the north-west, Alkhan-Kala in the north-east, Alkhan-Yurt in the east, the city of Urus-Martan in the south-east, Gekhi in the south, Valerik in the south-west, and Khambi-Irze in the west.^[3]

In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Kulara was renamed to Naberezhnoye, and was settled by people from other ethnic groups.^[4] From 1944 to 1957, it was a part of Grozny Oblast.

In 1957, when the Vaynakh people returned and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was restored, the village regained its old name, Kulara.

On 1 January 2020, the village of Kulary, as well as the entire territory of the rural settlement, was transferred from Groznensky District to Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.^[5]

• 1990 Census: 3,365^[6]
• 2002 Census: 4,663^[7]
• 2010 Census: 5,358^[8]
• 2020 estimate: 5,960

According to the results of the 2010 Census, the majority of residents of Kulary (5,354 or 99,90%) were ethnic Chechens.

The village of Kulary hosts one secondary school.^[9]