Tsori ( inh, Цхьори, Tshori) is an ancient city-settlement in Dzheyrakhsky District 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. It is part of the rural settlement of Guli (administrative center rural settlement). Tsori is the ancestral settlement of

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 ...

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

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

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 Metskhal ( inh, Мецхал, Metskhal) is an abandoned aul in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia. It is part of the rural settlement of Lyazhgi (administrative center rural settlement). Etymology The name was most likely based on the In ...

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 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 ...

(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).https://vivaldi.dspl.ru/bx0000120/view/#page=404

References

Bibliography

* * * * * {{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