majartupnpropMairtupVillage in the Kurchaloy district of Chechnya. The Shiri people were moved to Mairtup in 1944, when the Chechens were expelled to Central Asia by the Stalinist authorities. In 1957 the Chechens were rehabilitated and allowed to settle in their homeland, and the Shiri moved back to their home village.
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