Itum-Kale

Itum-Kale (, , Iton-Qälla), also spelled as Itum-Kali () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Itum-Kalinsky District, the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: In 1944 the area's Chechen inhabitants were deported on the order of Joseph Stalin and the area transferred to Georgia; this decision was reversed in the late 1950s and the Chechens who had survived were allowed to return.

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Place details

Locality: Итум-Кали
Region: Чечня
Country: Россия
Population: 2,922
Timezone: Europe/Moscow

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: File:ANCIENT_CITY.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: A tower in Itum-Kale
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type: Village
Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Itum-Kale
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Итум-Кале
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Itum-Kalinsky district
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Chechen Republic
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Rural locality
Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest: 1068
Russian inhabited locality.pop_latest_date: 2010

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Official website

Администрация Итум-Калинского сельского поселения

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Events in the Second Chechen War
People from Itum-Kale
References
Notes
Sources

==Events in the Second Chechen War== During the 1999-2000 siege of Grozny, and after its fall to Russian forces, large numbers of refugees headed toward Georgia through Itum-Kale. In November and December 1999, Russian forces bombarded refugees passing through the town, killing several.

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