Armkhi ( inh, МохтIе, ''Moxthe''; russian: Армхи) is a village in
Dzheyrakhsky District
Dzheyrakhsky District (russian: Джейра́хский райо́н; inh, ЖӀайраха шахьар, ) is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the ...
of the
Republic of Ingushetia, located on the ''Armkhi'' or ''Kistinka'' river ( inh, Ӏарам-хий, Кисти-хий, ''Aram-khi'', ''Kisti-khiï''; ka, ქისტეთისწყალი, ''Kistetis-tskali''; russian:
Армхи, Кистинка). The village is known for its year-round recreation resort. Armkhi is one of six rural localities constituting the
Dzheyrakh rural settlement.
History
The name of the village derives from the river ''Armkhi'', a tributary of the
Terek Terek may refer to:
Places China
* (), a list of township-level divisions of Xinjiang, town in Xinjiang, China
Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
*Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region
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river. Several variations exist with regard to the meaning of the term "Armkhi". One is that the toponym derives from
Ingush Ingush may refer to:
* Ingush language
* Ingush people
The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIай, translit=Ghalghaj, pronounced ) per Oxford dictionary "a member of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federa ...
for "prohibited water/river"; another, that it comes from the Ingush words ''amr'' 'lake' and ''khi'' 'water'.
The hydronym ''Kistinka'' derives from one of the old
Ingush Ingush may refer to:
* Ingush language
* Ingush people
The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIай, translit=Ghalghaj, pronounced ) per Oxford dictionary "a member of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federa ...
ethnonyms — ''
Kisti''.
In 1745,
Vakhushti Bagrationi mentions it as ''"Kistetian river"'' as well as ''"Kist-Durdzukian river"''.
Doctor of historical sciences and archaeologist Evgeniy Krupnov states:
In 1928 a sanatorium was established adjacent to the village, making it one of the oldest sanatoriums in the
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
. The modern building of the sanatorium was constructed in 1998. Recently a ski resort was built, along with a hotel, pools and a year-round recreation center.
Demography
Geography
Armkhi village lies on the left embankment of the Armkhi River. The closest rural localities to Armkhi are Beini to the northeast,
Dzheyrakh to the northwest, and Lyazhgi and Olgeti to the east.
References
Rural localities in Ingushetia
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