Ingushetia

Ingushetia (/ɪŋɡʊˈʃɛtiə/; Ingush: ГӀалгӏайче, romanized: Ghalghajče; Russian: Ингуше́тия), also spelled Ingushetiya,^[8] officially the Republic of Ingushetia,^[a] is a republic of Russia. It is in the North Caucasus region of Eurasia. The republic is in the North Caucasian Federal District. It borders the country of Georgia to the south, and the Russian federal subjects of North Ossetia–Alania to the west, Chechnya to the east, and Stavropol Krai to the north.

Republic of Ingushetia Республика Ингушетия
Republic
Official titular nation transcription(s)
• Ingush	Гӏалгӏай Мохк
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Ghalghajčen gimn (State Anthem of Ingushetia)
Coordinates: 43°12′N 44°58′E
Country	Russia
Federal district	North Caucasian
Economic region	North Caucasus
Capital	Magas
Largest city	Nazran
Government
• Type	People's Assembly[1]
• Head[1]	Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov[2]
Area [3]
• Total	3,600 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Population  (2021 Census)[4]
• Total	509,541
• Rank	74th
• Density	163.16/km2 (422.6/sq mi)
• Urban	54.8%
• Rural	45.2%
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK[5])
ISO 3166 code	RU-IN
Vehicle registration	06
Official language(s)	Ingush[6] • Russian[7]
Website	ingushetia.ru

Its capital is the town of Magas. Its largest city is Nazran. At 3,600 square km, the republic has the smallest area of Russia's non-city federal subjects. It was made on June 4, 1992. This was after the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was split in two. The republic is home to the indigenous Ingush people. The 2021 Census said its population was estimated to be 509,541.^[4]

Ingushetia is one of the poorest and most unstable regions of Russia. This is mostly because of the insurgency in the North Caucasus. The violence has slowed down in recent years. However, the insurgency in Chechnya has sometimes came over the border into Ingushetia. According to Human Rights Watch in 2008, the republic has lots of corruption, crime, anti-government protests, attacks on soldiers and officers, and low human rights.

Etymology

The name Ingushetia comes from the Russian name of the region's people (Ingush) and the Georgian suffix -éti. Ingushetia literally means "the place where the Ingush live". Other names like "Dzurdzuketi",^[9] "Kistetia",^[9][10] "Gligveti",^[9] "Gelia", "Galga",^[11] and "Ingushiya"^{[12][13][14][15]} have also been used for the region.

Notes

1. Ingush: Гӏалгӏай Мохк, romanized: Ghalghaj Moxk; Russian: Респу́блика Ингуше́тия, romanized: Respúblika Ingushétiya

References

1. Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, Article 64
2. Official website of the Republic of Ingushetia. Head of the Republic of Ingushetia Archived October 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
3. Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21), "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)", Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian), Federal State Statistics Service, archived from the original on September 28, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-01
4. "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Всероссийская перепись населения. Federal State Statistics Service (Russia). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
6. Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, Article 14
7. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
8. Encyclopædia Britannica.
9. Волкова 1973, p. 136.
10. Finley 1827, p. 310.
11. Энгельгардт, Паррот 1814, p. 26. sfn error: no target: CITEREFЭнгельгардт,_Паррот1814 (help)
12. Яковлев 1925.
13. Мартиросиан 1928.
14. Мартиросиан 1933.
15. Крупнов 1939.

Sources

Documents

• Конституционный закон №57-РЗ от 7 декабря 2010 г. «О государственном гимне Республики Ингушетия», в ред. Конституционного закона №2-РЗП от 4 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Ингушетия в связи с принятием Закона Республики Ингушетия от 11 октября 2010 года No. 3-РЗП "О поправке к Конституции"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ингушетия", No.211–212, 18 декабря 2010 г. (Constitutional Law #57-RZ of December 7, 2010 On the State Anthem of the Republic of Ingushetia, as amended by the Constitutional Law #2-RZP of July 4, 2011 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Ingushetia Due to the Adoption of the Law of the Republic Ingushetia #3-RZP of October 11, 2010 "On the Amendment to the Constitution". Effective as of the day of the official publication.). (in Russian)
• 27 февраля 1994 г. «Конституция Республики Ингушетия», в ред. Закона №1-РЗП от 8 мая 2013 г. «О поправке к Конституции Республики Ингушетия». Опубликован: Сборник Конституций субъектов Федерации "Конституции Республик в составе Российской Федерации", выпуск 1, 1995. (February 27, 1994 Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia, as amended by the Law #1-RZP of May 8, 2013 On the Amendment to the Constitution of the Republic of Ingushetia. ). (in Russian)
• Верховный Совет РСФСР. Закон от 4 июня 1992 г. «Об образовании Республики Ингушетия в составе РСФСР». (Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. Law of June 4, 1992 On Establishing the Republic of Ingushetia Within the RSFSR. ). (in Russian)

Literature

• "Ingushetiya". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
• Волкова, Н. Г. (1973). Лавров, Л. И. (ed.). Этнонимы и племенные названия Северного Кавказа [Ethnonyms and tribal names of the North Caucasus] (in Russian). Москва: Наука. pp. 1–210.
• Finley, A. (1827). Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Conrad Malte-Brun. pp. 1–503.
• Яковлев, Н. Ф. (1925). Ингуши [The Ingush] (in Russian). Москва: Типография Госиздата „Красный Пролетарий“. pp. 3–134.
• Мартиросиан, Г. К. (1928). Нагорная Ингушия [Upland Ingushiya] (in Russian). Владикавказ: Государственная типография Автономной Области Ингушии. pp. 1–153.
• Мартиросиан, Г. К. (1933). История Ингушии [History of Ingushiya] (in Russian). Орджоникидзе: Сердало.
• Крупнов, Е. И. (1939). "К истории Ингушии" [To the history of Ingushiya]. Вестник древней истории (in Russian). 2 (7). Москва: 77–90.

Other websites

• News from Ingushetia
• News and History of Ingushetia
• Official website of Ingushetia (in Russian)
• Unofficial website of Ingushetia (in Russian)
• Ingush Music/Video/Literature website Archived 2021-01-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Magas, Ingush youth website Archived 2021-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Head of Ingushetia's website (in Russian)
• Ingushetia's Republic News Portal (in Russian)
• Ingushetia Videos (in Russian)
• National Project: People of Ingushetia Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)