Galgai-Yurt

Galgai-Yurt (Ingush: ГIалгIай-Юрт, romanized: Ghalghai-Yurt) was a village (khutor) that was located in modern day Valerik in the Chechen Republic, Russia.

[1] Galgai-Yurt combines the words Ghalghaï, the self-name of the Ingush people, and yurt, which means "village" in Vainakh languages.

[6] 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.

[1] Galgai-Yurt was also mentioned on the map of Caucasian Imamate dated 27 Muharram 1273 (1856 in Gregorian calendar) as part of Nashkhoy District.

[8] 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.

Galgai-Yurt as a part of the Nashakh Naibdom on an 1856 map.