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22-706: The name of the village derives from the river Armkhi , a tributary of the Terek river. Several variations exist with regard to the meaning of the term "Armkhi". One is that the toponym derives from Ingush for "prohibited water/river"; another, that it comes from the Ingush words amr 'lake' and khi 'water'. The hydronym Kistinka derives from one of the old Ingush ethnonyms — Kisti . In 1745, Vakhushti Bagrationi mentions it as "Kistetian river" as well as "Kist-Durdzukian river" . Doctor of historical sciences and archaeologist Evgeniy Krupnov wrote: «The ancient habitat of

44-651: A 2,000 Russian rubles ($ 29.61) fine. Afterwards, the Jamestown Foundation reported "evidence increasingly suggests the Moscow-backed separatist regime in South Ossetia is pushing to wholly annex Truso Gorge and the Kazbegi District" citing efforts by Russian and Ossetian border guards to move their border fence several meters at a time deeper into Georgia, as well as aforementioned territorial claims. During

66-517: A white torrent between the town of Stepantsminda and the village of Gergeti toward the Russian region North Ossetia and the city of Vladikavkaz . It turns east to flow through Chechnya and Dagestan before dividing into two branches which empty into the Caspian Sea. Below the city of Kizlyar it forms a swampy river delta around 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide. The river is a key natural asset in

88-743: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Terek River The Terek ( / ˈ t ɛr ɪ k / ) is a major river in the Northern Caucasus . It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus region of Russia into the Caspian Sea . It rises near the juncture of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Khokh Range , to the southwest of Mount Kazbek , winding north in

110-739: The Argun and Khukhulau. East of these are the Aksay and the Aktash which formerly dried up in the lowlands between the Sulak and the Terek. In the east the Sulak drains most of interior Dagestan and turns east to the Caspian before it reaches the Terek. The capital of Khazaria , Samandar , may have stood on the banks of the river Terek. The Terek river was the site of the final defeat of

132-547: The North Caucasus . The modern building of the sanatorium was constructed in 1998. Recently a ski resort was built, along with a hotel, pools and a year-round recreation center. Armkhi village lies on the left embankment of the Armkhi River. The closest rural localities to Armkhi are Beini to the northeast, Dzheyrakh to the northwest, and Lyazhgi and Olgeti to the east. This Republic of Ingushetia location article

154-599: The Caucasus it was part of the North Caucasus Line . During World War II, German forces at the end of August 1942 reached the Terek near Mozdok – the farthest extent of German conquests in the Soviet Union – but aside from a small bridgehead were unable to forge further toward the oil fields of Baku , Hitler's objective. The Germans penetrated the left bank of the Terek reaching Vladikavkaz suburbs and West Gizel, near

176-611: The Kists or Kistins is determined quite accurately. It is the Armkhi gorge — the right tributary of the Terek , 22 km south of the city of Ordzhonikidze , because this river was called in Georgian " Kistetis Tskhali " and " Kistinka " in Russian sources; neighboring Ossetians call it " Makal-don " .» In 1928 a sanatorium was established adjacent to the village, making it one of the oldest sanatoriums in

198-724: The Russian autonomous republic of North Ossetia to the north. The source of the Terek river is located in the gorge. The Truso Gorge was home to 19 villages, however, as a result of the Ossetian war and the Russo Georgian War , most of these villages are abandoned, with only 29 people living in the Gorge, and most of those are only seasonally. Prior to these conflicts the region had a significant Ossetian minority, with 65 Ossetian families living there, as well as Assianist shrines. Some settlements include: According to Soviet censuses ,

220-552: The Terek near the mouth of the Ardon. Then there is the north-flowing part of the Terek with the Darial Pass , with two eastern tributaries: Kistinka and Armkhi , flowing into the mountainous region of Ingushetia . The great northwest bend of the Terek is cut off by the northeast-flowing Sunzha which catches most of the north-flowing rivers. These are the north-flowing upper Sunzha, the Assa ,

242-662: The army of Hulagu , khan of the Ilkhanate , at the hands of the army of Berke , khan of the Golden Horde , led by Berke's nephew, Nogai Khan , in the first civil war of the Mongol Empire , the Berke–Hulagu war of 1262. Also on the river Timur defeated Tokhtamysh in 1395. The Terek Cossack Host (1577–1832 and 1860– ) had its base in the Terek basin. During the Russian conquest of

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264-512: The border but where turned away by Georgian border guards. In 2018 South Ossetia expanded these territorial claims expanded to include the Ghuda Gorge and the Kobi Plateau while Anatoly Bibilov said "Truso gorge was part of Ossetia, not Georgia" and is an Ossetian "native homeland." Georgian reconciliation minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili responded that the irredentist claims of South Ossetia

286-468: The gorge for it's separatist puppet state. Similar claims where made by Eduard Kokoity during the 2008 war, and since 2016 the South Ossetian government claimed it as "Eastern Ossetia." Kokoity would also say that he strongly desired sending Ossetian militias to seize the gorge, but that the Russian military deterred him. In 2017 50 former residents of the gorge and their descendants attempted to cross

308-610: The gorge from its original pre-1991 Ossetian population, given they provide proper documentation, however, they forbid military-aged men from entering. In 2006 the Georgian government passed a law to compensate all ethnic Ossetians still holding Georgian citizenship that lost their homes in the 1991 conflict, however, the Ossetians from Truso that apply find it almost impossible to regain Georgian citizenship, after having renounced it in favor of Ossetian citizenship. The Georgian Orthodox Church has constructed new monasteries and churches in

330-542: The gorge, which the Ossetian government accuses as an attempt to erase Ossetian culture and Assianist traditions. This has caused the local Ossetians to protest the Georgian government and call on the gorge to be handed over to South Ossetia. On June 29, 2019, Dmitri Medoev , South Osseita's foreign minister, claimed that the gorge was "historically eastern Ossetian lands" which caused fears in Georgia that Russia would try to invade

352-450: The now built weather station. Truso Gorge The Truso Gorge is a disputed gorge in northeastern Georgia that the Russian backed separatist state of South Ossetia , as well as the Russian subject of North Ossetia claim as "historically eastern Ossetian lands." The Truso gorge is located between the Caucasus and Khokh Ranges in the Kazbegi region of Georgia, and borders

374-410: The population in the gorge was 6098 Georgians to 3529 Ossetians in 1939, however, by 1970 this had become 6056 Georgians to 983 Ossetians, and according to the last Soviet census in 1989 there where only 445 Ossetians to 5891 Georgians. Following the departure of the majority of the remaining Ossetian population during the 1991 war Georgian families attempted to move into the now abandoned villages. When

396-582: The region, providing irrigation and hydroelectric power in its upper reaches. The main cities on the Terek include Vladikavkaz , Mozdok , and Kizlyar . Several minor hydroelectric power stations dam the Terek: Dzau electrostation (in Vladikavkaz), Bekanskaya, and Pavlodolskaya. The construction of the Dariali Hydropower Plant with a planned installed capacity of 108 MW started in 2011 on

418-481: The remaining Ossetian population left during the 2008 war the Georgian government named the gorge a "border region" due to increased tensions with Russia, resettling most of the local Georgians out of the gorge, and requiring everyone, Georgians and Ossetians, to pass an interior checkpoint providing documentation. However, both North and South Ossetia have stated that the gorge is Ossetian land which will return to Ossetia at some point. Georgia does allow limited entry to

440-611: The territory of Kazbegi municipality near the Russia–Georgia border. Leo Tolstoy 's novel The Cossacks is set on the Terek and amongst its Cossacks . The Terek's source is in the Truso Gorge and drains most of the northeast Caucasus east into the Caspian just as its sister, the Kuban , drains the northwest Caucasus west into the Black Sea. Its major tributaries are the following. In

462-753: The west a fan of rivers flows east and northeast into the Terek. These are the east-flowing Malka , the Baksan , the Chegem and the Cherek with its two branches. These three join the Malka just before it reaches the Terek. The Liashen, Urukh , Duradur and Duradon flow northeast, the Ardon and its tributary, the Fiagdon flow north and the Gizeldon drains the north slope of Mount Kazbek and reaches

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484-425: Was "deliberate provocation aimed at threatening and blackmailing the society." In response to Ossetian statements the Georgian government stiffened border controls and military defenses in and near the gorge. On September 30, 2018, Russian border guards crossed the international border and detained 5 Georgian tourists in the gorge who were hiking, detaining them in a Tskhinvali prison for several days until each paid

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