Galgai-Yurt () was a village ('' khutor'') that was located in modern day Valerik in the Chechen Republic,

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Etymology

Galgai-Yurt combines the words

Ghalghaï Ghalghai (, , sg. ГIалгIа, ) is the self-name (endonym) of the Ingush people. There's no consensus among scholars on the etymology of the ethnonym as there exists different theories and speculations on its etymology. However, it is most of ...

, the self-name of the Ingush people, and ''yurt'', which means "village" in Vainakh languages.

History

Fragment of map of Imamate showing Society Nashakh

During his expedition in the Caucasus Mountains in the 1830s, lieutenant-general Johann Blaramberg mentions Galgai-Yurt as ''Galga'' situated on the river Valerik. On 7 November of 1833, Major General of the

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, Engelgardt A. G. led a punitive expedition to the ''un-ruly'' village Galgai-Yurt which ended successfully for the Russian Empire. The village was wiped out in 1833, after another punitive expedition of Russian Empire, led by baron Rozen. In 1847, head of the Achkhoevsky Garrison and lieutenant colonel Preobrazhenskiy led a punitive expedition to Galgai-Yurt to punish the villagers for their un-ruliness which ended as a success for the Russian Empire. The village was mentioned as inhabited in map of Little Chechnya and Vladikavkazsky Okrug in 1848. Galgai-Yurt was also mentioned on the map of Caucasian Imamate dated 27 Muharram 1273 (1856 in

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) as part of Nashkhoy District. In 1859, caucasologist and military-historian Adolf Berge in his principal work ''Chechenya and Chechens'' mentioned Galgai-Yurt as well, as part of the village of Valerik. He also mentioned that the Galgai-Yurt existed up until 1846.

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