Rural locality in Chechnya, Russia
Tolstoy-Yurt
Tolstoy-Yurt (Russian : Толстой-Юрт ; Chechen : Девкар-Эвла , romanized: Devkar-Evla ) is a rural locality (a selo ) and the administrative center of Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic , Russia . Population: 8,097 (2010 Russian census ) ;[ 1] 7,755 (2002 Census ) .[ 2] The town is named after the Russian author Leo Tolstoy .[ 3]
In 2005, Aslan Maskhadov , the third president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , was reportedly killed in fighting in the locality of Tolstoy-Yurt. Maskhadov was reportedly killed when a Russian special forces soldier threw a grenade into his bunker.[ 4]
^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service .
^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS) . Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Kishkovsky, Sophia (1 January 2010). "Tolstoy Recalled Fondly in Chechen Museum" . New York Times . Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
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