Khamkhins ( inh, Хамхой, Khamkhoy), also known as
Ghalghaï,
were a historical
Ingush ethnoterritorial
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 ...
, which was located in the upper reaches of the
Assa River
The Assa (Tsirtslovn-Tskhali, russian: Асса, Цирцловн-Цхали, ka, ასა, ce, Iaьса-хи, inh, Эса-хий) is a right tributary of the Sunzha in Georgia and Russia. It is located in Dusheti Municipality of Mtskheta-Mtia ...
. The Khamkhin society, like the Tsorin society, was formed from the former "Ghalghaï society" as a result of the transfer of rural government to Khamkhi.
The Khamkhin society continued to be synonymously called "
Ghalghaï", after the name of the historical region "Ghalghaïche", on the territory of which the society was formed. The name "Ghalghaïche" in turn comes from the self-name of the Ingush - "
Ghalghaï", which had a central and broad meaning in Ingushetia, being a common self-name for other Ingush societies, united by a common territory, common language and culture.
Geography
In the west Khamkhins bordered with the
Fyappins, in the north with the
Galashians
Galashians ( inh, Галашкархой), were a historical Ingush ethnoterritorial society, which formed in the middle of 18th century. The name comes from the village of Galashki, which is geographically located in the very center of the soci ...
, in the east with the
Tsorins
Tsorins, Tsori, also Ghalghaï ( inh, Цхьорой; ГIалгIай), were a historical Ingush ethnoterritorial society that was located in mountainous Ingushetia in the region of river Guloykhi. The center of the society was Tsori from which i ...
, in the south with
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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* {{Cite book, last=Кушева, first=Е. Н., year=1963, url=https://dzurdzuki.com/download/kusheva-e-n-narody-severnogo-kavkaza-i-ih-svyazi-s-rossiej-1963/, title=Народы Северного Кавказа и их связи с Россией (вторая половина XVI — 30-е годы XVII века), trans-title=The peoples of the North Caucasus and their relations with Russia (the second half of the 16th - 30s of the 17th century), language=ru, location=Москва, publisher=Издательство Академии наук СССР, pages=1–370
Ingush societies