Galgai-Yurt

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]

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
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Coordinates: 43°11′58″N 45°24′31″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chechnya

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]