Novy Borch (Rutulian: Tsindy Bydzh) is a Rutulian village-exclave of Rutulsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is part of Borchsky Selsoviet. The settlement is an enclave within the territory of Babayurtovsky District.

Geography The village is located within Babayurtovsky District, 25 km southeast of the village of Babayurt.

History In 1973, a decision was made to resettle the residents of the Kuibyshev collective farm of Borch village to the pastures of the state farm named after the 50th anniversary of the Dagestan ASSR in Rutulsky District. In 1986, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the new settlement was officially named Novy Borch.Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, January 2, 1986. "On the approval of the names of settlements in Rutulsky and Khivsky Districts of the Dagestan ASSR". Vedomosti of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, 1986, no. 2. (in Russian)

Population The village is monoethnic, inhabited by Rutulians.

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