Galashki (russian: Галашки; inh, Галашкe, ''Galaške'') is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') in
Sunzhensky District of the
Republic 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. ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Sunzha River
The Sunzha ( rus, Су́нжа, p=ˈsunʐə, inh, Шолжа, Sholʒə, ce, Соьлжа, Sölƶa, p=sɥølʒə) is a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great nort ...
near the border with the
Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
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. Its population was about 9,000 people in 2009.
It was a site of two raids by Chechen separatists during the
Second Chechen War
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, the
Galashki ambush in 2000 (from
Chechnya) and the
Battle of Galashki in 2002 (from
Georgia
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).
Rural localities in Ingushetia
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