Abstract: The article examines the issue of migration routes to the upper reaches of the Yamansu and Yaryksu rivers of the Akkin people, an ethnographic group of modern Chechens, who are also known as Aukhovites. In the article lists of Russian embassies to Georgia of the XVI–XVII centuries, the eastern Akkins are mentioned under the names akochane, okoki, akozi, etc. According to a number of researchers, the self-name of the Aukh people of Aikkhiy is derived from their place of origin – the historical region of Akka in the upper reaches of the Gekhi River. The purpose of the article is to show, on the basis of an etymological analysis of the ethnonym ahkkhiy, as well as an analysis of historical, historiographical sources, that the medieval region of Akhokhia, known in the 1360s by mention in the act of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, could be the starting point of the forced gradual migration of the Akkin people to the right bank of the Terek and further to the upper reaches of the Yamansu and Yaryksu rivers. When studying this issue, the work used narrative, historical-genetic, comparative-comparative methods. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion about the migration of the Akkin people from the left bank of the Terek, and the connection of their endoethnonym with the name of the region of Akhokhia. The northern slopes of the Lateral ridge from Mount Kazbek up to the Alagir gorge at the beginning of the XVIII century. Vakhushti Bagrationi calls the "Khokhi Caucasus", which corresponds to the historical and geographical area of Khokhi, known from toponymic, folklore and ethnographic material collected in the XX century in Ossetia. A comprehensive analysis of written sources and ethnographic material conducted by the famous Caucasian scholar N. G. Volkova indicates that the ancestors of some of the modern Ingush lived on the territory of modern Ossetia until the beginning of the XVIII century. Linguistic similarities in the Digor dialect of the Ossetian language and the Vainakh languages, identified by V. I. Abaev, indicate that Nakhon-speaking tribes lived in the Alagir gorge bordering Digoria in the west in the past. The author explains this by the fact that the Iranian immigration to the Central Caucasus, which marked the beginning of the formation of the Ossetian tribe, went in two successive waves; the first – "Digor" and the second – "Iron. The latter were wedged between the Vainakhs and the Digorians. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the author has outlined promising areas for further research on this issue.

Abstract: The subject of this study is a historical document called “The Act of Oath of Six Ingush Families of Russia,” signed by the Nazran Ingush on August 22, 1810 in the Vladikavkaz fortress, and the processes that took place on the river Terek at the beginning of the 19th century. Particular attention in the text is paid to the political and religious views of famous leaders of the Chechen abreks of the first third of the 19th century – foreman Beybulat Teimiev, the fugitive Kabardian prince Almaksid Mudarov (Kanchokin), the pro-Russian Chechen princes Magomed and Mussa Turlov, and their role in the confrontation between the Nazran Ingush and the tsarist administration. The contradictory nature of their relationship with the tsarist administration in the North Caucasus, as well as with the lowland Ingush societies, is shown. To solve the set goals and objectives, the author used a significant amount of scientific literature and archival data. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the approach to studying the reasons for signing this document and in an attempt to give a more complete picture of the events that preceded its signing. The author comes to the conclusion that the Nazran act was the result of a year-long confrontation between the Ingush foreman Shikh-Murza and the tsarist administration in Vladikavkaz, which began in April 1809. Realizing that on their own they would not be able to effectively resist the tsarist troops, the Ingush entered into an alliance with the abreks, headed by Sergeant Major B. Teimiev and Prince A. Kanchokin. However, the Russians eventually managed to overcome the resistance of the Nazran Ingush and force them to sign the above-mentioned “act of oath.”

Abstract: The article examines the question of the origin of the self–name of one of the modern Nakh peoples – Ingush – Gialgiai. According to a number of researchers, the term "gIalgIai" in the form of "kalkans, kalkans, kalki, kolki, etc., in Russian sources is first found in the article lists of the XVI–XVII centuries. However, according to the author, the term appeared much earlier than that time. The purpose of the article is to show the connection of this term with the name of the ancient people of the Eastern Black Sea region – the Kolkhovs, based on the etymological analysis of the ethnonym "gIalgIai", as well as the analysis of historical and historiographical sources. In addition, the article attempts to link the ethnonym "gIalgIai" with the name of the eponymous ancestor of the Nakh peoples in medieval Georgian sources – "Kavkas". When studying this issue, the author used historical-genetic, historical-chronological, narrative, historical-comparative and comparative methods. According to the author, the name "gIalgIai" is one of the oldest endo-ethnonyms of the Nakh peoples. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the ethnonym "gIalgIai" is of the same origin as the name Kolkhov. At the same time, a comprehensive analysis of written sources and ethnographic material conducted by the author shows that the eponym "Kavkas" is a Greek translation of the Assyrian term "ḫabḫu", which designated the Hurrian-Urartian tribes. In turn, "ḫabḫu" goes back to "qulḫa" – the common self-name of the Hurrian-Urartian tribes. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time the comparison of the term "gIalgIai" with the ancient ethnonym "kolkhi (kolkhai)" is carried out, conducting a thorough analysis of a large volume of historical and historiographical sources. The author also outlined promising areas for further research on this issue.

Abstract: The subject of the research in the article is the question of the Galgai expansion in the interfluve of Fortanga and Argun in the XV–XVIII centuries, in the context of the question of the tribal affiliation of the Ferings from the Akka folk legend about the Ferings. The analysis of information from historical sources related to these issues is carried out. The purpose of this article is to show the Galgai presence in the interfluve of Fortanga and Argun in the XV–XVIII centuries, as well as their connection with the mythical Feringami people, who, according to information from the Akka legend, came from the "Galgai societies" around the XV century, seized the upper reaches of the Gekhi River and tried to subjugate this territory through its colonization and the spread of the Christian religion among the local pagan population. To achieve this goal, the author has attracted a significant amount of scientific literature and archival data, comparing them with information from Ingush and Chechen folklore. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the in XV–XVIII centuries there was an active expansion of the Galgai tribes in the interfluve of Fortanga and Argun and their colonization of this territory. This is reflected in some Chechen legends. After the crushing blow inflicted in the XVI century by the Kabardino-Nogai army, the Galgaevites were forced out of the flat territories. However, in the second half of the XVII century, led by Etagai Agishbatoysky and with the support of the Avar princes Turlov, they managed to liberate the flat lands between Argun and Terek from the Nogais, after which they founded their settlements here. The relevance of this article lies in the fact that it additionally highlights an important issue for the study of the main migration routes of Ingush tribes in the XV–XVIII centuries.

Abstract: This work is devoted to the migration processes that took place in the XVII-XVIII centuries among the Ingush tribes, which eventually led to the foundation of the first permanent Ingush settlement in the area of the modern city of Nazran. The analysis of information from historical sources on this issue, as well as the main versions that exist today, is carried out. At the republican scientific and practical conference "historical determination of the date of formation of Nazran", held on July 15, 2000, it was decided to consider the date of foundation of Nazran as 1781. However, some researchers still express the opinion that Ingush settlements in the Nazran valley began to arise only at the beginning of the XIX century. The purpose of the article is to confirm the validity of the officially established date of the founding of Nazran on the basis of data from historical sources.   And also to show that the development of the territory of the Nazran valley by Ingush tribes began in the XVII century. To achieve the purpose of the article, the author drew on a significant amount of scientific literature and archival data, comparing them with information from Ingush folklore. The novelty of this work lies in the fact that the issue of the foundation of Nazran is considered in the context of migration processes that took place among the Ingush tribes in the XVII-XIX centuries. Historical works on the history of the development of the territory of the Nazran Valley are summarized, comparing them with information from Ingush folklore. In the course of the research, the author comes to the following key conclusions: information from various sources related to this issue are consistent and complement each other; Ingush tribes began to develop the territory of the Nazran Valley in the XVII century, and the first permanent settlement in this territory appeared in 1780-1781. This happened after they concluded an agreement with the Kabardian and Kumyk princes.