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Galgai-Yurt ( inh, ГIалгIай-Юрт, Ghalghai-Yurt) was a village ('' khutor'') that was located in modern day Valerik in the Chechen Republic, Russia.
During his expedition in the Caucasus Mountains in the 1830s, lieutenant-general Johann Blaramberg mentions Galgai-Yurt as ''Galga'' situated on the river Valerik. On 7 November of 1833, Major General of the Russian Imperial Army, Engelgardt A. G. led a punitive expedition to the ''un-ruly'' village Galgai-Yurt which ended successfully for the Russian Empire. The village was wiped out in 1833, after another punitive expedition of Russian Empire, led by baron Rozen. In 1847, head of the Achkhoevsky Garrison and lieutenant colonel Preobrazhenskiy led a punitive expedition to Galgai-Yurt to punish the villagers for their un-ruliness which ended as a success for the Russian Empire. The village was mentioned as inhabited in map of Little Chechnya and Vladikavkazsky Okrug in 1848. Galgai-Yurt was also mentioned on the map of
Etymology
Galgai-Yurt combines the wordsGhalghaï
Ghalghaï ( inh, ГIалгIай, ) is the self-name of the Ingush people that has an ancient origin. It is most often associated with the term "ghala" (''гIала'') - tower/fortress and accordingly is translated as the people/inhabitants of tow ...
, the self-name of the Ingush people, and ''yurt'', which means "village" in Vainakh languages
The Vainakh (also spelled Veinakh) languages are a dialect continuum that consists of the Chechen and Ingush languages, spoken mainly in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, as well as in the Chechen diaspora. Together with Bats, ...
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History
During his expedition in the Caucasus Mountains in the 1830s, lieutenant-general Johann Blaramberg mentions Galgai-Yurt as ''Galga'' situated on the river Valerik. On 7 November of 1833, Major General of the Russian Imperial Army, Engelgardt A. G. led a punitive expedition to the ''un-ruly'' village Galgai-Yurt which ended successfully for the Russian Empire. The village was wiped out in 1833, after another punitive expedition of Russian Empire, led by baron Rozen. In 1847, head of the Achkhoevsky Garrison and lieutenant colonel Preobrazhenskiy led a punitive expedition to Galgai-Yurt to punish the villagers for their un-ruliness which ended as a success for the Russian Empire. The village was mentioned as inhabited in map of Little Chechnya and Vladikavkazsky Okrug in 1848. Galgai-Yurt was also mentioned on the map of Caucasian Imamate
The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the Caucasus Imamate ( ar, إمامة القوقاز, translit=Imamat Al-Qawqaz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus ...
dated 27 Muharram 1273 (1856 in Gregorian calendar) as part of Nashkhoy District. In 1859, caucasologist and military-historian Adolf Berge in his principal work ''Chechenya and Chechens'' mentioned Galgai-Yurt as well, as part of the village of Valerik. He also mentioned that the Galgai-Yurt existed up until 1846.
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* * * {{Cite book, last=Бларамберг, first=И. Ф., year=2010, url=https://dzurdzuki.com/download/blaramberg-i-istoricheskoe-topograficheskoe-statisticheskoe-etnograficheskoe-i-voennoe-opisanie-kavkaza-2010/, title=Историческое, топографическое, статистическое, этнографическое и военное описание Кавказа, trans-title=Historical, topographical, statistical, ethnographic and military description of the Caucasus, type=field research, language=ru, translator-last=Назарова, translator-first=И. М., location=Москва, publisher=Издательство Надыршин, pages=1–402, isbn=978-5-902744-10-8 History of Ingushetia Populated places in Chechnya Former populated places in Russia