# Gvardeyskoye, Chechen Republic
**Gvardeyskoye** (Russian: Гвардейское; Chechen: Iелин-Юрт, Elin-Yurt) is a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of Gvardeyskoye rural settlement in Nadterechny District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, standing on the right bank of the Terek River.[1](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002) • [2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) Before 1944 it was known as Ali-Yurt, after its founder Ali Alkhasov; it was renamed in the year of the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) The 2021 census recorded 8,836 inhabitants, making it the third-largest village of its district after Znamenskoye and Nadterechnoye.[4](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/) • [5](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/96616__nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Status | Selo and administrative center of Gvardeyskoye rural settlement, Nadterechny District; listed in the republic registry under the Chechen name Iелин-Юрт[1](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002) |
| Location | Right bank of the Terek, 9 km west of Znamenskoye, 16 km southwest of Ishcherskaya railway station, 95 km northwest of Grozny[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) |
| Former name | Ali-Yurt, after founder Ali Alkhasov; renamed Gvardeyskoye in 1944 after the deportation of the Vainakhs[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) |
| Founding | 1798 per an 1872 petition by the Alkhasov princes; the settlement administration gives 1839 as the official date[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) • [2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) |
| Population | 7,184 (2002), 7,471 (2010), 8,836 (2021); 4,296 males and 4,540 females in 2021[4](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/) |
| Economy | Agriculture with 45 registered peasant farms; a mineral-water and packaged drinking-water producer, ООО «Чеченские минеральные воды», operating since 2007[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [6](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/) |
| Climate | Humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), elevation about 109 m[7](https://ja.db-city.com/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2--%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3--Nadterechny--Gvardeyskoe) |
## Geography and location
The village lies on the right bank of the Terek River, 9 km west of the district center of Znamenskoye, 16 km southwest of the nearest railway station at Ishcherskaya, and 95 km northwest of Grozny, the republic's capital.[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) A gazetteer places it at latitude 43.6717, longitude 44.9602, at an elevation of about 109 m, with a [humid subtropical climate](https://www.edgepedia.org/humid-subtropical-climate) (Köppen Cfa).[7](https://ja.db-city.com/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2--%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3--Nadterechny--Gvardeyskoe)
**Neighbours.** Bratskoye lies to the southwest, the Cossack stanytsa of Galyugayevskaya to the north, and Beno-Yurt to the northeast; the gazetteer gives distances of 3.5 km to Galyugayevskaya, 6.1 km to Bratskoye, and 7.6 km to Beno-Yurt.[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) • [7](https://ja.db-city.com/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2--%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3--Nadterechny--Gvardeyskoe) Local toponyms include "Elan khun" (Princely forest) southeast of the village and an old cemetery with gravestone stelae within it.[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html)
## History and name
According to an 1872 petition by the Alkhasov princes, Captain Prince Ali Alkhasov resettled to the Terek in 1798 and founded the village of Ali-Yurt.[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) The settlement administration gives a different official founding date, 1839.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/)
The village's Chechen name is given as Iелин-Юрт (Elin-Yurt) in the republic's official registry and the local-history reference, apparently after a first settler named Ieli; the municipal administration, however, states that the Chechen name of the village is Ali-Yurt.[1](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) • [2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/)
**Renaming in 1944.** After the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush in 1944 and the abolition of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, the village of Ali-Yurt was renamed Gvardeyskoye.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) The new name commemorates guardsmen who fought against the German forces from August 1942 to January 1943 defending the approaches to oil-rich Grozny.[3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html)
## Administrative and municipal status
Under the Law of the Chechen Republic of 29 July 2010 No. 36-RZ, the property and obligations of the administration of the village of Gvardeyskoye were transferred to the newly formed Gvardeyskoye rural settlement within Nadterechny municipal district, effective 1 January 2010; the former village administration was located at Sovetskaya Street, house 17.[8](https://chechnya-gov.ru/doc/3318)
The current administrative-territorial registry of the Chechen Republic was approved by decree of the Head of the Republic of 3 December 2019 No. 168 and entered into force on 1 January 2020.[9](https://chechnya-gov.ru/doc/6697) In that registry, maintained under the 2018 law on administrative-territorial structure, the village appears in Nadterechny district under its Chechen name as part of Gvardeyskoye rural settlement.[1](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002) The registry was amended by decrees of the Head of the Chechen Republic dated 11 January 2024 No. 1, 18 April 2024 No. 75, 5 July 2024 No. 175, and 21 August 2024 No. 236, including a change in the number of rural settlements in a district from 27 to 23.[1](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002)
## Demographics
The population has grown at every recent census: 7,184 in 2002, 7,471 in 2010, and 8,836 in 2021.[4](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/) At the 2021 census the village counted 4,296 males and 4,540 females.[4](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/)
Most residents are Chechens belonging to teips (clans) including Engenoy, Zandkhoy, Chartoy, and Biltoy; the local-history account also lists Tsechoy, Tsontaroy, Chanty, and Chermoy. Russians, Ingush, Kumyks, Nogais, and Avars are also present.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html)
## By the numbers
Within Nadterechny District, Gvardeyskoye's 8,836 residents (2021) place it third after Znamenskoye (13,379) and Nadterechnoye (10,902), and ahead of Beno-Yurt (7,792), Verkhny Naur (6,451), Bratskoye (5,911), and Goragorsky (4,746).[5](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/96616__nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/) The district's population grew from 51,755 (2002) to 55,782 (2010) to 66,340 (2021), while Chechnya as a whole grew from 1,103,686 to 1,510,824 over the same period; the village's growth of about 18 percent between 2010 and 2021 tracked the district's 19 percent rather than the republic's faster pace.[4](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/) • [5](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/96616__nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/)
## Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture dominates the local economy. Forty-five peasant farms are registered, and the village historically hosted state farms named Gvardeysky and Novogorsky; its outskirts once held a large market serving nearby Chechen villages and Cossack stanitsas.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) The village also hosts ООО «Чеченские минеральные воды», a producer of mineral water and packaged drinking water operating since 2007.[6](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/)
**Social infrastructure.** A 2016 municipal account listed three secondary schools, including School No. 2 named after Ayub Malsagov, a House of Culture, a hospital, a library, a sports school, a social rehabilitation center for minors, and kindergarten No. 1 "Malysh".[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/) • [3](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html) The municipal administration has noted that preschool facilities are practically absent and that the village faces water and gas supply problems.[2](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/)
## What has changed since 2023
**New school.** In November 2023 the power company Chechenenergo built a 10 kV overhead line of 400 meters (1.2 km of wire on 14 reinforced-concrete poles) with a 400 kVA transformer to connect the school under construction, supplying the requested 320 kW; at that stage the school was described as designed for 700 pupils.[10](https://vesti095.ru/2023/11/ao-chechenenergo-postroilo-liniyu-elektroperedachi-dlya-tehprisoedineniya-novoy-shkoly-v-respublike/) The completed secondary school No. 4 opened on 18 December 2024 with 720 pupil places, built under the national project "Education"; it has 30 classrooms of 24 pupils each, two sports halls, an assembly hall, a canteen, and specialized laboratories.[11](https://www.grozny.tv/news/nationalprojects/66135)
**Sports and health.** In October 2025 a sports complex named DUSTUM after [Adam Kadyrov](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-kadyrov) opened in the village, with the UFC champion [Khamzat Chimaev](https://www.edgepedia.org/khamzat-chimaev) among the guests; it is equipped for combat sports and functional and strength training and is intended as the main youth sports venue for the Nadterechny district.[12](https://vesti095.ru/2025/10/v-sele-gvardejskoe-otkryli-sovremennyj-sportivnyj-kompleks-dustum-imeni-adama-kadyrova/) A tender for design and estimate documentation, with state expertise, for the construction of a district clinic (uchastkovaya bolnitsa) in the village was announced at an initial VAT-inclusive price of 14,000,000 rubles, with bids closing 6 October 2025.[13](https://synapsenet.ru/zakupki/fz44/0194200000525005810%231--chechenskaya-resp-razrabotka-proektnosmetnoj) The rural settlement has also adopted a municipal program, "Comprehensive development of communal infrastructure systems of Gvardeyskoye rural settlement for the period to 2030", addressing the water and gas supply gaps noted earlier.[6](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/)
## References
1. [Официальное опубликование: изменения в Реестр административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Чеченской Республики (pravo.gov.ru)](http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/file/pdf?eoNumber=2000202510010002)
2. [Али-Юрт — Гвардейское – село с интересной историей, Администрация Надтеречного района ЧР](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/2016/04/11/%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d1%8e%d1%80%d1%82-%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd/)
3. [Гвардейское (Чечня), sunmuseum.ru](https://sunmuseum.ru/stati/6049-gvardeyskoe-chechnya.html)
4. [Gvardejskoje (Nadterečnyj Rajon, Chechnya Republic, Russia) – Population Statistics, citypopulation.de](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/96616410101__gvardejskoje/)
5. [Urban and Rural Places in Nadterečnyj Rajon, citypopulation.de](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/cecenija/96616__nadtere%C4%8Dnyj_rajon/)
6. [Гвардейское, Администрация Надтеречного района ЧР](http://gvardeyskoe-sp.ru/)
7. [Gvardeyskoe, Nadterechny, チェチェン, ロシア, db-city.com](https://ja.db-city.com/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2--%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3--Nadterechny--Gvardeyskoe)
8. [Передаточный акт Гвардейского сельского поселения, приложение к Закону от 29.07.2010 № 36-РЗ](https://chechnya-gov.ru/doc/3318)
9. [Указ Главы Чеченской Республики от 03.12.2019 № 168 об утверждении Реестра административно-территориальных единиц](https://chechnya-gov.ru/doc/6697)
10. [АО «Чеченэнерго» построило линию электропередачи для техприсоединения новой школы, Vesti Chechni (2023)](https://vesti095.ru/2023/11/ao-chechenenergo-postroilo-liniyu-elektroperedachi-dlya-tehprisoedineniya-novoy-shkoly-v-respublike/)
11. [В селе Гвардейское завершилось строительство новой школы на 720 мест, Grozny-TV (2024)](https://www.grozny.tv/news/nationalprojects/66135)
12. [В селе Гвардейское открыли современный спортивный комплекс DUSTUM имени Адама Кадырова, Vesti Chechni (2025)](https://vesti095.ru/2025/10/v-sele-gvardejskoe-otkryli-sovremennyj-sportivnyj-kompleks-dustum-imeni-adama-kadyrova/)
13. [Тендер: Строительство участковой больницы в с. Гвардейское, synapsenet.ru](https://synapsenet.ru/zakupki/fz44/0194200000525005810%231--chechenskaya-resp-razrabotka-proektnosmetnoj)
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