Tapa (Abdul Medjid) Bey Ortsu Tchermoev[a] (1882 – August 28, 1937) was a North Caucasian statesman of Chechen origin, general, oil magnate and the first prime minister of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus.

[citation needed] Born in Grozny, Chechnya, in 1882, Tapa was the eldest son of General Ortsu Tchermoev and belonged to the Biltoy teip.

He graduated in 1901 and joined an elite military unit, His Majesty's Own Cossack Escort of Tsar Nicholas II.

After the October Revolution, Tapa returned to his native land with an intention to stem the rise of Bolshevism in Chechnya.

A year later, the North Caucasus was in the hands of the Bolsheviks and in January 1921 the Soviet Mountain Republic of the Russian SFSR was established.