Avtury is a village (aul

Aul

An aul is a type of fortified village found throughout the Caucasus mountains, especially in Dagestan.The word itself is of Turkic origine and means simply village in many Turkic languages....

) in Shalinsky District

Shalinsky District, Chechen Republic

Shalinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Shali...

 of the Chechen Republic

Chechnya

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, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Khulkhulau River, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Shali. Population:

The village was supposedly founded in the 14th century, soon after the area was abandoned by the Mongols and Tatars. During the Caucasian War

Caucasian War

The Caucasian War of 1817–1864, also known as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire which ended with the annexation of the areas of the North Caucasus to Russia...

, the village was a combat area between Imam Shamil

Imam Shamil

Imam Shamil also spelled Shamyl, Schamil, Schamyl or Shameel was an Avar political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus...

and the Russian troops.