Terloy

Chechen writer and poet Magomet Mamakaev defined the Terloy as a tukkhum in his works, however literature, material and legends by the Terloy themselves are proof that they are in fact a larger teip, with all the typical characteristics of a Chechen teip.

The Terloy originate from Terloy-Mohk, an area in the south-western mountains of Chechnya.

All villages were destroyed by Soviet government and was forbidden to live there because the region was considered as rebellious and dangerous.

In 1994, at the beginning of First Chechen War, there were formed some groups by the Terloy to fight the Russian aggression.

«Дийначу нехан буьйда бIаьргаш диина маI-ТIерлой» - "Terloy, who ate uncooked eyes of living people."