Tyarsh or Tarsh ( inh, ТIаьрш, Thärsh), is an
aul in the
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. ...
. It is part of the rural settlement of Olgeti (administrative center rural settlement). Tyarsh is the ancestral aul 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 ...
teip Torshkhoy
''Torshkhoy'' ( inh, Тӏоаршхой, Thoarshkhoy), also known in Ingush folklore as ''Them-Thoarshkhoy'' ( inh, ТӀем-Tӏоаршхой, ''Torshkhoy-warriors''), is an Ingush clan (''teip'') which belongs to the Fyappin society. The anc ...
( inh, ТIоаршхой).
History
Historically Tyarsh was part of the
Fyappin society.
In 1810–1811 according to the testimony of representatives of the Ingush in connection with the entry of the latter into
Russian citizenship. The statement lists 13 villages of mountainous
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. ...
, among them, is Tarsh (Tershi) in which there are 29 households.
One theory suggests that
Tarskoye valley got its name from the village of Tyarsh in the Metskhal society.
Researchers have also found evidence of festivities in honor of the god Bolom-Dyal in the villages of
Arzi, Tyarsh, Kelbizhti and the area of Makhate.
Medieval Era
A large
tower village of the castle type, Tyarsh was located on the spur of Mount Mat-Lam. The village was fortified with 3 combat, 3 semi-combat, and 8 residential towers, as well as stone defensive walls from the late Middle Ages. These towers were part of independent, but closely interconnected powerful castle complexes.
The Tyarsh village was known to be the origin of several prominent Ingush families, including the Tarshkhoevs, Daskievs, Daskhoevs, Marzabekovs, Polievs, Soslanovs, and Gudantovs.
Necropolis
0.3 km south of Tyarsh, on a gentle mountain slope, there is a compact group of necropolis of seven above-ground collective crypts from the late Middle Ages of the 16th-18th centuries. However, these crypts were partially destroyed in 1944.
North and north-west of Tyarsh, there are ground crypt tombs and a late medieval core-shaped mausoleum with a round base and a cone-shaped top.
Geography
Tyarsh is located on the spurs of the Rocky Range. The nearest villages: in the north - Guli, in the south-west - Olgeti.
[Военно-топографическая пятиверстная карта Кавказского края 1877 года]
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Rural localities in Ingushetia