Makhkety

42°57′49″N 45°54′23″E / 42.96361°N 45.90639°E / 42.96361; 45.90639 Makhkety (Russian: Махкеты, Chechen: МахкатӀе, Maxkathe) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vedensky District, Chechnya. Municipally, Makhkety is incorporated into Makhketinskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. Makhkety is located between the Dzhalka and Tenek rivers. It is 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the village of Vedeno. The nearest settlements to Makhkety are Agishty in the north, Khattuni and Tevzana in the north-east, and Selmentauzen in the south-west. Not far from the village, just across the border with Cheberloyevsky District is Barziarlam mountain. The name "Makhkety" (Chechen: МахкатӀе) comes from the Chechen "мохк" meaning "land" or "homeland", and the ending "-тӀе", meaning "in" or "on". Therefore, the name of the village roughly translates as "settlement in the homeland". In 1944, after the genocide and deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people and the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was abolished, the village of Makhkety was renamed to Alak, and settled by people from the neighboring republic of Dagestan.