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Shelkovskoy District

Shelkovskoy District
FieldValue
en_nameShelkovskoy District
ru_nameШелковской район
loc_name1Шелковскан кӀошт
loc_lang1Chechen
image_map
map_captionLocation of Shelkovskoy District in the Chechen Republic
image_viewLev-tolstoy-chechnya3.jpg
image_captionTolstoy museum, Shelkovsky District
image_flagFlag of Shelkovskoy District.jpg
federal_subjectChechen Republic
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_nameShelkovskaya
adm_ctr_ref
selsoviet_type1rural administration
no_of_selsoviets_type119
no_of_rural_localities25
counts_ref
mun_formation1Shelkovskoy Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements0
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements12
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km23000
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census53548
urban_pop_2010census0%
rural_pop_2010census100%
websitehttp://chr-shelkovskoy.ru/

Shelkovskoy District (; , Şelkovskan khoşt) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3000 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Shelkovskaya. Population: 50,233 (2002 Census); The population of Shelkovskaya accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.

Map of the Shelkovskoy district (in Chechen)

[[2005 Shelkovsk incident|Shelkovsk incident]]

Main article: 2005 Shelkovsk incident

December 2005, multiple children in schools in the district especially the village of experienced a mass outbreak of respiratory problems, seizures and "other symptoms suggestive of nervous system hypersensitivity."

In total 100 people, mostly schoolchildren were hospitalised and three were killed of poisoning. An official enquiry into the incident by a Government Commission reported that there were no signs of chemical poisoning and was simply an outbreak of mass hysteria related to the emergency situation in the Chechen Republic.

However, much doubt has been cast over the truth of this enquiry. In a memo from a military specialist leaked to Anna Politkovskaya and other journalists, a poisonous substance was present in the school. Many possible suspects have been considered including Ethylene glycol or a nerve agent, accused by Chechen separatist leaders as the work of the Russians.

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  1. Decree #500
  2. Law #42-RZ
  3. "General Information". Shelkovskoy District.
  4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
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