Tsorins, Tsori (), also Ghalghaï
(), were a historical
Ingush ethnoterritorial
society
A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ...
that was located in mountainous
Ingushetia
Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country o ...
in the region of river
Guloykhi. The center of the society was
Tsori from which it got its name. Tsorin society, like the
Khamkhin society, was formed from the former "Galgai society" as a result of the transfer (appearance) of rural government to the village Tsori.
Etymology
According to Suleymanov, the word "Tshoroy" may originate from the word Tshar (). Tshar is mail mesh helmet that covers the face and neck of a warrior.
History
Tsorin society, like the
Khamkhin society, was formed from the former "Galgai society" as a result of the transfer (appearance) of rural government to the village Tsori.
In 1832, due to the collaboration of
Ingush with
Kazi-Mulla and the murder of a bailiff, Rozen led a punitive expedition on Ingush and went through
Dzheyrakh and
Metskhal around
Khamkhi and
Tsori. During the Caucasian War, Tsorins (as well as other Ingush societies) were considered half-conquered by the
Russian Empire
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. This was witnessed by
Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
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cavalry colonel and military-historian of German background,
A. L. Zisserman, who in 1848 went through Tsori and reported that he had to stealthily pass it and follow precautions. After the end of
Caucasian war
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, Tsorins were part of
Ingushskiy Okrug.
In 1883, Tsorin society consisted completely of
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 ...
(Ingush).
Composition
Tsorin society consisted of following settlements:
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Tsori
* Agutyr
* Arshaug
* Besht
* Biyre
* Gorshke
* Gul
* Kashete
* Koyrakh
* Lyazhg
* Oaseg
* Vitsy
* Gvezi
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* {{Cite book, last=Картоев, first=М. М., year=2020, title=Ингушетия в политике Российской империи на Кавказе. XIX век. Сборник документов и материалов, language=ru, edition=2, location=Ростов-на-Дону, publisher=Южный издательский дом, pages=1–760, isbn=978-5-98864-060-8, ref={{harvid, Сборник документов и материалов, 2020
History of Ingushetia
Ingush societies