Kalkans, Kolkans, Kalki, Kolki, Kalkan people —

ethnonym An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used ...

of the Ingush used in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

n sources of the 16th-17th centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the

Ingush Ingush may refer to: * Ingush language, Northeast Caucasian language * Ingush people, an ethnic group of the North Caucasus See also *Ingushetia (disambiguation) Ingushetia is a federal republic and subject of Russia. Ingushetia may also refer ...

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 ...

History

Kalkans are first mentioned in the second half of the 16th century in numerous reports of attacks done on

n ambassador armies in

Darial Gorge The Darial Gorge; ; ; . is a river gorge on the border between Russia and Georgia. It is at the east base of Mount Kazbek, south of present-day Vladikavkaz. The gorge was carved by the river Terek, and is approximately long. The steep granite w ...

by Kalkans. The earliest mention of Kalkans can be found in 1590 article list of knyaz of Zvenigorod and diak of Torkh, when the ''Kolkans'' attacked Russian ambassador army.

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* * * * {{Cite book, last=Белокуров, first=М. А., year=1889, url=https://runivers.ru/bookreader/book450958/#page/1/mode/1up, title=Сношения России с Кавказом. 1578-1613 гг.., trans-title=Relations between Russia and the Caucasus. 1578-1613, language=ru, edition=1st, location=Москва, publisher=Университетская типография, Страстной бульвар, pages=1–715 Ethnonyms Ethnonyms of the Ingush