Sunzha is a town and the administrative center of the Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. Before 2016 it was called Ordzhonikidzevskaya, after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze. Population: 61,598 ; 65,112 ; 17,318 . As of the 2010 Census, it was the most populous rural locality in Russia.