The Terloy (also Terlo, Teroy) (Chechen: ТIерлой, ТIерой) is a
Chechen teip
Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский сл ...
.
The exact population of the teip is not known, however it is estimated to be around 30,000 people. Terloy speak in the Itum-Kali dialect of the
Chechen language
Chechen (, ) (, , ) is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by 2 million people, mostly in the Chechen Republic and by members of the Chechen diaspora throughout Russia and the rest of Europe, Jordan, Central Asia (mainly Kazakhstan and Kyrgyz ...
.
Chechen writer and poet
Magomet Mamakaev
Magomet Mamakaev ( – 1973) was a Chechen poet, prose writer, publicist and literary critic. He is one of the founders of the modern Chechen literature.
Biography
Magomet Mamakaev was born on 16 December 1910, in the Chechen village Achkhoy ...
defined the Terloy as a
tukkhum in his works, however literature, material and legends by the Terloy themselves are proof that they are in fact a larger teip, with all the typical characteristics of a Chechen teip.
Etymology
The name Terloy comes from the geographical place of origin. Ter- meaning "upper" and -loy which indicates to belonging to a group or place.
History
The Terloy originate from Terloy-Mohk, an area in the south-western mountains of
Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
. There are no people living there after
February 1944
The following events occurred in February 1944:
February 1, 1944 (Tuesday)
*The Soviets began the Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive. The Soviet 2nd Shock Army captured Kingisepp.
*Japanese destroyer ''Japanese destroyer Umikaze (1936), Umikaze'' was t ...
. All villages were destroyed by Soviet government and was forbidden to live there because the region was considered as rebellious and dangerous.
Nowadays the majority of the Terloy tribe reside in the western part of Chechnya, in the
Groznensky District
Groznensky District (russian: Гро́зненский райо́н; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀалин кӀошт, ''Sölƶa-Ġalin khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #12-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen ...
,
Achkhoy-Martanovsky District,
Urus-Martanovsky District
Urus-Martanovsky District (russian: Уру́с-Марта́новский райо́н; ce, Хьалха-Мартанан кӏошт, ''Ẋalxa-Martanan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #45-RZ district (raion), one of the ...
,
Akhmeta Municipality
Akhmeta ( ka, ახმეტის მუნიციპალიტეტი, ''Axmeṫis municiṗaliṫeṫi'') is the administrative – territorial unit in Eastern Georgia, in the region of Kakheti. The administrative center of Akhmeta munic ...
of
Georgia and in some villages 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. ...
.
In 1994, at the beginning of
, there were formed some groups by the Terloy to fight the Russian aggression. There was also one regiment organized by the people of the
Galanchozhsky District
Galanchozhsky District ( ce, Галайн-ЧӀажин кӀошт), (russian: Галанчожский район) is a district (raion) of Chechnya. The district was recreated in 2012. However, the official restoration process of the district is ...
called "Galanchozhan Polk" but was mostly composed of Terloy, because the leader of the regiment was a Terloy.
«Дийначу нехан буьйда бIаьргаш диина маI-ТIерлой» - "Terloy, who ate uncooked eyes of living people." This is a saying which comes from a folk tale, according to which the Terloys ate the eye of a man from a group of people who came to steal cattle from Terloy. Terloy people killed all the men except one. It was that poor man who lost his eye. They left him as an example for others so that he would tell people who did it and for what reason.
Terloy sub-tribes
List of Terloy sub-tribes, or "gar" in
Chechen:
Gallery
File:A mosque in Terloy-Mohk.jpg, A mosque in the village Oshni
File:Моцкарой.jpg, Guard tower in Motsaroy
File:Nikar.jpg, Ruins of the village Nikaroy
See also
*
Tukkhum
*
Teip
Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский сл ...
External links
Traditional social organisation of the Chechens(pdf)
References
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Chechen people