Editing Nazran (section)

=== 18th–20th centuries ===
[[File:Nasranova.jpg|300px|thumb|''Nasranova'' (Nazran) on the Map "Carte de la partie septentrionale de l'empire otoman" made by Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni in 1774.]]
[[File:Memorial of memory and glory in Nazran 2.jpg|300px|thumb|Memorial of Memory and Glory]]

The ''[[aul]]'' of Nazran was founded in the late 18th century,{{sfn|БСЭ|1939}} with the official date of the foundation being considered 1781.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=https://nazrangrad.ru/nash-gorod-nazran/|publisher=Irkutsk Oblast|language=russian|access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref> This is based on the report of L. L. Shteder, who during his expedition to Caucasus in 1781, noticed Ingush outposts on the river of {{ill|Nazranka|ru|Назранка}}.{{sfn|Pallas (Shteder)|1797|page=26}}
After becoming a military fortress in 1817, Nazran saw large numbers of [[Ingush people|Ingush]] population moving into it. It was granted town status in 1967.<ref name="about"/>

During the [[Russian Empire]], the settlement was the administrative capital of the [[Nazranovsky Okrug]] of the [[Terek Oblast]]. During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, Nazran was the [[administrative center]] of [[Nazranovsky District]] within the [[Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]]. After the Republic of Ingushetia and the [[Chechen Republic]] were separated in 1991, the town became the republic's capital. This brought about a sharp increase in population: while counting 18,246 inhabitants according to the [[Soviet Census (1989)|1989 Census]],<ref name="1989Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref> during the [[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]] Nazran had as many as 125,056 inhabitants.<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref>