Fappi ( inh, Фаьппи, Fäppi) or Fappi mokhk ( inh, Фаьппи мохк, Fäppi mokhk, lit=Country of Fyappins, links=no), exonym: Kistetia, is a historical region in
Ingushetia
Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...
. Fappi is the territory of historical settlement of the
Fyappiy society
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Socie ...
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Geography
Suleymanov, brought the following boundaries of the historical region in the west with Dzhairakh, in the south with Khevsureti, in the east with Khamkh and Tsori, in the north it went out into a flat plain. The Fyappiy district occupied a significant territory of the
Armkhi Gorge and was in contact with the plain in the north. The geography of the initial distribution of this ethnonym A. N. Genko relates “to the west of the Lomeka River (the ancient name of the Terek River)”, covering the entire territory of the modern Republic of Ossetia.
History
The historical area Fyappiy Mokhk was mentioned as "Kistetia", as well as "Kistia" or "Kistinia". The
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
prince, historian and geographer of the 18th century
Vakhushti Bagrationi localizes Kistetia along the gorge of the Armkhi River (historical "Kistinka"), that is in mountainous Ingushetia.
According to the German researcher
J. A. Güldenstädt, who visited the Caucasus in 1770-1773, the district of Fyappiy was subject to either
Oksay or
Kabardian princes, and in ancient times was subject to
Georgia.
Settlements
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