What is "vedeno"

Vedeno (; , Vedana) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Vedensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located above sea level on the northern slope of the Andi range, southeast of Grozny. Population:

The Vedeno Gorge is considered one of the most dangerous regions in Chechnya. In the mid-19th century Imam Shamil led his guerrilla army in a twenty-year war against the Imperial Russian army and fought a last stand in the anonymous mountain village of Vedeno. Shamil Basayev was born in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno, near Vedeno, in south-eastern Chechnya.