Will Dagestan Belidzhi follow in the footsteps of Ingush Sunzha?

Urban village in Dagestan, Russia

Beliji population

Beliji

(Russian: Belidzhi) is an urban locality (an urban settlement) in the Derbent District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 12,236.[3]

Population[ | ]

According to the materials of the All-Union Population Census of 1926 for the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in the village of Belidzhi of the Belidzhinsky village council of the Derbent district lived: Turks (Azerbaijanis) - 339 people (94 households), Lezgins - 77 people (24 households), Russians - 8 people (3 households) , Kumyks - 5 people (1 household), Persians - 5 people (1 household) and Mountain Jews - 5 people (1 household)[17].

National composition

According to the results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census[18]:

Will Dagestan Belidzhi follow in the footsteps of Ingush Sunzha?

Recently, in the Ingush urban settlement of Sunzha, a referendum was held to give it the status of a city. 78% of residents voted for a positive solution to the issue.

Now the People's Assembly of the youngest republic of the Russian Federation is trying to approve its results. After this, a new city will appear on the map, and quite a large one - 64.5 thousand people according to data for the current year.

In general, Sunzha is a very remarkable settlement. It traces its current history back to the village of Sunzhenskaya, which arose on the lands of previously existing Ingush settlements in 1845. Then it was renamed Sleptsovskaya, and in Soviet times - Ordzhonikidzevskaya.

Village-giant

But this village was famous for being the largest rural settlement in Russia. In this status, its official number reached 70 thousand people. In 2015, the parliament of Ingushetia transformed the village into an urban settlement, and it again turned out to be the largest in this status.

Already this year, after the order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the village changed its name and became known as Sunzha. Of course, all these changes are justified, since Ordzhonikidzevskaya looked like a sort of overgrowth even against the background of other settlements that do not have city status, with the exception of one or two, not exceeding 40 thousand in population.

Second in Ingushetia

In truth, the real population of Sunzha is a quarter, or even a third less than the official one, if we take into account the inflated figures for the entire republic. More than 50 thousand people have never lived in it. But even in this case, it still retained the status of the largest village and rural settlement, and also remained the second largest populated area in Ingushetia after Nazran, ahead of three other cities.

Now the status of Sunzha will correspond to those republican institutions that are located in it - the Ingush State University, founded in it (now some buildings remain here), the National Library of Ingushetia, etc.

Road junction

Unlike Sunzha, the village of Belidzhi in the south of Dagestan, which became the most important transport hub almost immediately after its establishment in 1899, cannot boast of the attention of the authorities. But with his appearance he connected almost all of present-day Yuzhdag with the rest of the Russian Empire. Even in postal items, Belidzhi station was indicated for a long time as a transfer point.

The young settlement grew quickly, becoming an urban-type settlement in Soviet times (1965). Its growth continued in post-Soviet times. At one time, the question of separating the Belidzhinsky district from the Derbent district was even raised.

Growth or decline?

But according to the statistics, the rapid growth of the village is not at all visible. The number of Beliji stopped at 12 thousand, and since 2010 it began to decline altogether. Of course, the difficult economic situation has forced many Belijin residents since the 90s to independently resolve employment issues by traveling outside the village. A large canning factory, which produced 19 million conventional cans per year of various products from fruit and vegetable raw materials, stopped working, and many residents became unemployed.

But enterprising Belidzhi residents were not at a loss in the new conditions and even found their niche - pickles from Belidzhi are known throughout Russia. There were few people who left for good; seasonal migration predominates. But there were many who moved to the village, including refugees from Novy Uzen, as well as villagers from the Lezgin districts of Yuzhdag.

Looks like a city, but still a village

Some positive changes are created mainly by the residents themselves, despite the indifference on the part of the district and republican authorities. And the converted cannery should soon be operating at full capacity again.

Now in the village there are 5 schools, one gymnasium, a branch of one of the Dagestan universities, and there are many additional education institutions. The presence of so many social infrastructure facilities is more typical for small cities than for villages.

And everyone knows that the population in the village of Belidzhi is greatly underestimated. Only the estimates are different - from 14 to 40 thousand. Most likely, the population of Belij is approximately 20 thousand people. This, on the one hand, corresponds to the average small town, but on the other hand, this number is already too large for a village.

Meanwhile, the status of a city would allow Belidzhi to realize its hidden potential and become another, along with Derbent, growth pole for Southern Dagestan. And new opportunities would revitalize not only Beliji, but also the entire border area surrounding it. The Belijians themselves understand this, but they do not realize it in Makhachkala, and the leadership of the Derbent region is not at all interested in such a development prospect.

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Notes[ | ]

1. ↑ 12
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2. Law of the Republic of Dagestan of January 13, 2005 No. 6 “On the status and boundaries of municipalities of the Republic of Dagestan”
3. UNIFIED REGISTER OF ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNITS OF THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN. 2007
4. Zoned Dagestan: (administrative and economic division of the DSSR according to the new zoning of 1929). — Makhachkala: Orgotd. Central Executive Committee of the DSSR, 1930. - 56, XXIV, 114 p.
5. List of populated places indicating the population according to the 1939 census for the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. - Makhachkala, 1940. - 192 p.
6. Composition of populated areas of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic according to the All-Union Census of 1970 (statistical collection). - Makhachkala: Dagestan Republican Department of Statistics of the State Statistics Committee of the RSFSR, 1971. - 145 p.
7. National composition of the population of cities, towns, districts and rural settlements of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic according to the All-Union Censuses of 1970, 1979 and 1989 (statistical collection). - Makhachkala: Dagestan Republican Department of Statistics of the State Statistics Committee of the RSFSR, 1990. - 140 p.
8. All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
   . Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
9. All-Russian population census 2010. Table No. 11. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban and rural settlements of the Republic of Dagestan (undefined)
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10. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (unspecified)
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11. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (undefined)
    . Retrieved November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
12. Population as of January 1, 2014 for rural settlements of the Republic of Dagestan (unspecified)
    . Retrieved April 17, 2014. Archived April 17, 2014.
13. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 6, 2015. Archived August 6, 2015.
14. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 (Russian) (October 5, 2018). Retrieved May 15, 2022. Archived May 8, 2022.
15. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian) (July 31, 2017). Retrieved July 31, 2022. Archived July 31, 2022.
16. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2022.
17. Dagestan Statistical Office.
    Materials of the 1926 All-Union Population Census in the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. List of populated places of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.. - Makhach-Kala: Dagstatupravlenie, 1927. - P. 59.
18. Data from the 2010 All-Russian Population Census (unspecified)
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• Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: Administrative-territorial division. — Makhachkala: Dagestan book. publishing house, 1980.