Nazran

Nazran is a town within the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital in 1991–2000, until it turned into replaced with Magas, which changed into especially built for this cause. After turning into a army fort in 1817, Nazran noticed huge numbers of Ingush population entering into it. It turned into granted town repute in 1967. During the Soviet length, Nazran become the place of work of Nazranovsky District within the Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic were separated in 1991, the metropolis became the republic's capital.

This added approximately a sharp increase in populace: at the same time as counting 18,246 population according to the 1989 Census, during the 2002 Census Nazran had as many as 125,056 population. Nazran raid In 2004, a force of Chechen and ethnic Ingush rebels finished a massive-scale raid on Ingushetia, led by Shamil Basayev. The overnight assaults centered fifteen official buildings in Nazran, and at least 3 cities and villages placed at the Baku-Rostov toll road that crosses the republic from east to west.