The village is located on the left bank of the Arshtynka River, just above its confluence with Faetonka, 20 km south of the regional center - the city of Sunzha and 26 km east of the capital of the republic - the city of Magas.
The nearest settlements are: in the north - the village of Chemulga, in the northeast - the village of Bamut and in the southwest - Akati farm.
History
In the second half of the 18th century (1770s), the German researcher J. A. Güldenstädt indicates Arshty and some other Orstkhoy villages among the total number of Ingush villages and districts proper.[11]
Since 1861, Arshty has been in the Ingushskiy Okrug of the Terek Oblast. In 1859, caucasologist and military-historian Adolf Berge in his principal work Chechenya and Chechens mentioned Arshty among the Galashian villages.[13] As a result of the eviction of the Orstkhoys to Turkey in 1865, including to the village of Arshty, an intensive resettlement of the Malkhists and Maystins began.[14] Since 1924, the village of Arshty, together with neighboring Bamut, was part of Ingush Autonomous Oblast. According to the Soviet Census in 1926, upper Arshty had population of 303, 303 people of Ingush ethnicity. Lower Arshty had population of 550, 546 people of Ingush ethnicity.[15]
In 1944, after the Deportation of Chechens and Ingush and the abolition of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the village of Arshty was renamed Dubravino.[16]
During the First Chechen war on February 22, 1996, the village was shelled by Russian troops by mistake, as the Russian soldiers had a misconception that Chechen rebels were hiding in Arshty. This incident killed ten people, mostly women.[17]
Notes
^ abCommonly mentioned as Ärshte (Ingush: Аьрште),[1][2] however the village was sometimes mentioned as Arshte (Арште)[3] or Ērshte (Эрште).[4]
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