Kistinka (Georgian: ხდე, ქისტურა, Ingush: Оахкара-хий, Кисти-хий[1], romanized: Oakhkara-khi, Kisti-khi Russian: Кистинка) is a river in Georgia that flows in the Khevi region.

It originates at the foot of the Kibishi Glacier and flows to the northwest into the river Terek near the Russian-Georgian border.

The hydronym Kistinka derives from one of the old Ingush ethnonyms — Kisti,[2][3][4][5][6][7] and is used to refer to both rivers Arm-khi (Ingush: Ӏарам-хий, romanized: Aram-khi; Georgian: ქისტეთისწყალი, Kistetis-tskali)[8] in the Dzheyrakhsky District and Oakhkara-khi (Georgian: ხდე, ქისტურა, romanized: khde, kist'ura) in the Kazbegi Municipality.

The delegation faced difficulties due to the challenging relations between the Georgian King of Kakheti, Teimuraz I and the Duke of Aragvi, who controlled the Darial Gorge.

[12] In the 1870s, Major-General Mikhail Kazbek issued an order prohibiting them the use of the land and declaring it state property.