Skip to content
Curated category

Nakh peoples

  • IngushetiaThe republic of Ingushetia covers just 3,600 square kilometers. It stands as the smallest federal subject in Russia without city status.
  • ChechensThe word Chechen appears in Russian sources as Chachana during the late 16th century. This name described a land owned by the Chechen Prince Shikh Murza.
  • Ingush peopleIn the 4th to 3rd millennium BC, early Bronze Age cultures spread across the North Caucasus. The Maykop and Kuro-Araxes cultures intersected in what is now…