Galgai-Yurt

Galgai-Yurt Галгай-Юрт
Village
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	ГIалгIай-Юрт
Galgai-Yurt on major-general Aleksander Khatow's [ru] map in 1826.
Location of Galgai-Yurt
Galgai-Yurt Location of Galgai-Yurt Show map of Russia Galgai-Yurt Galgai-Yurt (Chechnya) Show map of Chechnya
Coordinates: 43°11′58″N 45°24′31″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chechnya

Galgai-Yurt (Ingush: ГIалгIай-Юрт, romanized: Ghalghai-Yurt) was a village (khutor) that was located in modern day Valerik in the Chechen Republic, Russia.[1]

Etymology

Galgai-Yurt combines the words Ghalghaï, the self-name of the Ingush people, and yurt, which means "village" in Vainakh languages.[2]

History

Galgai-Yurt as a part of the Nashakh Naibdom on an 1856 map.

During his expedition in the Caucasus Mountains in the 1830s, lieutenant-general Johann Blaramberg mentions Galgai-Yurt as Galga situated on the river Valerik.[3] On 7 November of 1833, Major General of the Russian Imperial Army, Engelgardt A. G. led a punitive expedition to the un-ruly village Galgai-Yurt which ended successfully for the Russian Empire.[4] The village was wiped out in 1833, after another punitive expedition of Russian Empire,[5] led by baron Rozen.[6] In 1847, head of the Achkhoevsky Garrison and lieutenant colonel Preobrazhenskiy led a punitive expedition to Galgai-Yurt to punish the villagers for their un-ruliness which ended as a success for the Russian Empire.[7] The village was mentioned as inhabited in map of Little Chechnya and Vladikavkazsky Okrug in 1848.[1] Galgai-Yurt was also mentioned on the map of Caucasian Imamate dated 27 Muharram 1273 (1856 in Gregorian calendar) as part of Nashkhoy District.[8] In 1859, caucasologist and military-historian Adolf Berge in his principal work Chechenya and Chechens mentioned Galgai-Yurt as well, as part of the village of Valerik. He also mentioned that the Galgai-Yurt existed up until 1846.[9][10]

References

1. "Карта Малой Чечни и части Владикавказского округа 1848 года". www.etomesto.ru. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
2. Сулейманов 1980, p. 51.
3. Бларамберг 2010, p. 334.
4. Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией: Том VII (in Russian). Тифлис: Тип. Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского. 1878. pp. 918–919.
5. Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией: Том VIII (in Russian). Тифлис: Тип. Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского. 1881. p. 698.
6. "Из донесения Розена графу Чернышеву в 10 августа 1832 году". 26 February 2020. www.ghalghay.com
7. Журнал для чтения воспитанникам военно-учебных заведений. т. 65, № 260 (in Russian). Санкт-Петербург: Типография военно-учебных заведений. 1847. p. 414.
8. Сборник сведений о кавказских горцах. Вып. 1 (in Russian). Тифлис. 1868. p. 69 (PDF).
9. Берже 1859, p. 23.
10. Кавказский календарь 1860 года (in Russian). Тифлис: Тип. Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского. p. 258 (PDF).

Bibliography

• Берже, А. П. (1859). Чечня и чеченцы [Chechnya and Chechens] (in Russian). Тифлис: Типография Главного Управления Наместника Кавказского. pp. 1–141.
• Сулейманов, А. С. (1980). Топонимия Чечено-Ингушетии. Часть 3. Предгорная равнина [Toponymy of Checheno-Ingushetia. Part 3. Piedmont plain] (in Russian). Грозный: Чечено-Ингушское Книжное Издательство. pp. 1–224.
• Бларамберг, И. Ф. (2010). Историческое, топографическое, статистическое, этнографическое и военное описание Кавказа [Historical, topographical, statistical, ethnographic and military description of the Caucasus] (field research) (in Russian). Translated by Назарова, И. М. Москва: Издательство Надыршин. pp. 1–402. ISBN 978-5-902744-10-8.