Kalkans, Kolkans, Kalki, Kolki, Kalkan people — ethnonym of the Ingush used in Russian sources of the 16th-17th centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the

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 ...

Ghalghaï 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 ...

History

Kalkans are first mentioned in the second half of the 16th century in numerous reports of attacks done on Russian ambassador armies in Darial Gorge by Kalkans. The earliest mention of Kalkans can be found in 1590 article list of knyaz of Zvenigorod and diak of Torkh, when the ''Kolkans'' attacked Russian ambassador army.

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* * * * {{Cite book, last=Белокуров, first=М. А., year=1889, url=https://runivers.ru/bookreader/book450958/#page/1/mode/1up, title=Сношения России с Кавказом. 1578-1613 гг.., trans-title=Relations between Russia and the Caucasus. 1578-1613, language=ru, edition=1st, location=Москва, publisher=Университетская типография, Страстной бульвар, pages=1–715 Ethnonyms Ethnonyms of the Ingush