Shali, Chechen Republic
En nameShali
Ru nameШали
Loc name 1Шела
Loc lang 1Chechen
Coordinates43°09′N 45°54′E
Federal subjectChechen Republic
Adm district jurShalinsky District
Adm selsoviet jurShali
Adm ctr of 1Shalinsky District
Adm ctr of 2Shali Town Administration
Inhabloc catTown
Mun district jurShalinsky Municipal District
Urban settlement jurShalinskoye Urban Settlement
Mun admctr of 1Shalinsky Municipal District
Mun admctr of 2Shalinskoye Urban Settlement
Pop 2010census47708

Shali (Russian: Шали́; ce: Шела, Şela) is a town and the administrative center of Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population:

History

Sheikh Mansur was based here in 1786.

Killed civilians during Chechen Wars (1994–2000)

On January 3, 1995, during the course of the First Chechen War, Shali was repeatedly bombed with cluster bombs by Russian jet aircraft.[1]

War journalist Anna Politkovskaya said that on January 9 and 10, 2000, Russian forces killed more than 200 civilians by a missile and mortar shelling in Shali.[2]

Climate

Shali has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shali serves as the administrative center of Shalinsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shalinsky District as Shali Town Administration.[3] As a municipal division, Shali Town Administration is incorporated within Shalinsky Municipal District as Shalinskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Tishkov, Valery (January 14, 2004). Chechnya: Life in a War-Torn Society. University of California Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780520930209.
  2. ^ Politkovskaya, Anna (January 31, 2000). "ЧЕЧНЯ — ЧАСТЬ РОССИИ, А ЧЕЧЕНЦЫ — НЕТ" (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. Archived October 31, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  3. ^ Decree #500
  4. ^ Law #10-RZ