Tsori ( inh, Цхьори, Tshori) is an ancient city-settlement in
Dzheyrakhsky District
Dzheyrakhsky District (russian: Джейра́хский райо́н; inh, ЖӀайраха шахьар, ) is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the ...
of
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. ...
, now abandoned
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
. It is part of the rural settlement of Guli (administrative center rural settlement). Tsori is the ancestral settlement of
Ingush taïp Tsoroy ( inh, Цхьо́рой) and the historical center of
Tsorin society.
History
Historically, Tsori was the center of
Tsorin society. In the second half of the 18th century (1770s), the German researcher
J.A. Güldenstädt indicated Tsori among the total number of
Ingush villages and districts.
On 13 June 1785, a large Chechen force consisting of 500 men approached Tsori, in order to sack it. Learning of the plot, Tsorins attacked the Chechens during the night and defeated them.
In 1832, due to the collaboration of
Ingush with
Kazi-Mulla and the murder of a bailiff, Baron Rozen led a punitive expedition on Ingush and went through
Dzheyrakh
Dzheyrakh ( inh, ЖӀайрах, Žyajrax; russian: Джейрах) - is a village and administrative center of Dzheyrakhsky District, in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.
Etymology
The name "Dzheyrakh" is associated with the Arabic name Jarra ...
and
Metskhal around
Khamkhi and Tsori.
Baron F.F. Tornau, in his memoirs of the ''Ghalghaï expedition'' at the end of June 1832, when approaching Tsori, reported that the main forces of the Ghalghaï entrenched themselves near Mount
Gaï (Khay), and arranged a powerful rockfall against the equestrian avant-garde, stopping any progress forward. In their description of the siege of Tsori, both generals Blaramberg and Tornau recall the difficulty of conquering one of the Tsori towers in which two Ghalghaï men barricaded themselves whilst fighting off a convoy of 3000 soldiers for 3 straight days. After several unsuccessful attempts the tower was mined with explosives and destroyed.
Demographics
In 1883, Tsori had population of 260 completely consisting of
Ghalghaï (Ingush)
The 1926 census showed that the majority of the village was ethnic Chechen (25 people) while the Ingush were a large minority (23 people).
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References
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* {{Cite book, author=Терскій Областной Статистическій Комитет, year=1885, editor-last=Благовѣщенскій, editor-first=Н. А., url=https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000200_000018_v19_rc_1519880?page=1&rotate=0&theme=white, title=Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ Терской области: По свѣдѣніям къ 1-му января 1883 года, trans-title=List of populated areas of the Terek region: According to information on January 1st of 1883, language=ru, location=Владикавказъ, publisher=Типографія Терскаго Областнаго Правленія, pages=1–78, ref={{harvid, Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ Терской области: По свѣдѣніям къ 1-му января 1883 года, 1885
Rural localities in Ingushetia