Alkun

Alkun is located on both banks of the Assa river, at the entrance to the Assinsky Gorge, 42 km south-west of the city of Sunzha, the regional center.[8]

The nearest settlements: in the northwest - the villages of Muzhichi and Galashki, in the northeast - the village of Dattykh.[9]

The village of Upper Alkun was founded by the Tsechoy clan (teip) back in the 18th century.[10]

In 1860–1861, the village, together with its neighbors (Galashki, Dattykh), were settled by Cossacks and transformed into villages. At the end of the 19th century, the Cossacks left these villages, and the lands were returned to the Ingush. Subsequently, there were two separate villages - Upper Alkun (on the right bank of the Assa river) and Lower Alkun (on the left bank of the Assa River).

In 1944, after the Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush and the abolition of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR, the village of Upper Alkun was renamed Dachnoye, and Lower Alkun - Lesogorie.[11] After the restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1958, their former names were returned to the settlements. In 2010, both villages were merged into one village - Alkun.

The village has a secondary school named "Alkun municipal secondary school".[12]