Koki (aul)

Koki
Коки
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Koki
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Koki
Koki (Republic of Ingushetia)
Coordinates: 42°47′19.68″N 44°58′38.67″E / 42.7888000°N 44.9774083°E / 42.7888000; 44.9774083
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIngushetia
Population
 • Total
0
 • Estimate 
(2010)
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 • Subordinated toDzheyrakhsky District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [2])
OKTMO ID26620450291

Koki[a] (Ingush: Коки) is a medieval village (aul) in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia. It is part of the rural settlement (administrative center) of Guli.[4] Koki is the ancestral village of Ingush clan (teip) Kokurkhoy (Ingush: Кокурхой).[5][b]

Geography

The village is located on a forest clearing 1580 m above sea level on the slope of Mount Cherekhkort, on the left bank of the Guloykhi River, not far from the border with Georgia. The nearest settlements are: in the northeast — Vovnushki, in the south — Nelkh, in the northwest — Puy, in the valley of the Assa River.[6]

History

The tower complex of Koki is estimated to be built no later than the 16th century. It now consists of the ruins of a battle tower and six residential tower buildings, which in the past were united by means of a stone defensive wall into a single fortified complex. On the neighboring slope, across a mountain stream, there are ruins of more structures, usually called "Upper Koki", which are easily visible from the Guloy-khi gorge.[7] Within the village there are 3 dilapidated above-ground collective crypt tombs of the late Middle Ages, situated on a mountain slope. The local men were considered excellent warriors and hunters in the past, as well as experienced cattle breeders and beekeepers, and the women were considered master dressmakers who knew the intricacies of gold and silver embroidery.[8]

According to the family tree of the Kokurkhoy clan (teip), they were known as the clan of Fèrta Shoulí,[9] who for centuries were among the defenders of the "Ghalghai outposts", historically also called the "Durdzuk Gates" in the valley of the Assa River.[10] A portion of the Kokurkhoy established themselves in the neighboring mountain village Nilkh, whereas a few others resided in Ghul.[9][11] On the plain, the Kokurkhoy are regarded as the founders of Sredniye Achaluki. According to records from 1886, sixteen families of this clan lived in Nasyr-Kort.[12] Some also settled in Dattykh.[13]

In the autumn of 1910, the towers of the village of Koki were blown up by tsarist troops, for harboring abrek Zelimkhan. The inhabitants of Koki (Kek) and the neighboring village of Nelkh (Nilkh), including 360 members of the Kokurkhoev family — among them children, women, and the elderly — were imprisoned in Vladikavkaz for three months before being exiled to the Yeniseysk Governorate in Siberia.[14][15] In 1913, the repressed were rehabilitated and allowed to return to their homeland, but it was not possible to restore the towers.[16][17]

Hydronym

Near the village Keï of the Tsorin society exists a mountain pack trail located by a small river called Kukurkhoy-khi.[18]

Notes

  1. ^ Also referred to as 'Kokki', 'Kekki', or 'Kek'; according to one theory, may derive from the kinship with the ancient city-settlements of the 3 brothers — Qäqalĕ (Ingush: Кхаькхале)[3]
  2. ^ Also spelled 'Kokkurkhoy', 'Kukurkhoy' (russianized: Kokurkhoev, Kukurkhoev)

References

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Kilimatov 2018, pp. 16–18.
  4. ^ "Закон Республики Ингушетия от 23 февраля 2009 года № 5-РЗ «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Республики Ингушетия и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа»".
  5. ^ Kilimatov 2018, p. 17.
  6. ^ Проект «Открытый Кавказ». "Карта" (in Russian).
  7. ^ "Башенный комплекс Коки". Открытый Кавказ (in Russian).
  8. ^ Chakhkiev 2003, p. 220.
  9. ^ a b Kilimatov 2018, p. 16.
  10. ^ Yakovlev 1925, pp. 102–103.
  11. ^ Suleymanov 1978, p. 75.
  12. ^ Dakhkilgov 1991, p. 35.
  13. ^ Kilimatov 2018, p. 74, 76.
  14. ^ Dudarov 2017, p. 14.
  15. ^ "Зелимъ-ханъ" [Zelim-khan] (in Russian). No. 238. «Русское слово». 16 October 1910.
  16. ^ Agieva 2015, pp. 137–138.
  17. ^ "О том, как ингуши пострадали от царских властей из-за отказа выдать абрека Зелимхана" [About the suffering of the Ingush from tsarist authorities because of their refusal to hand over the abrek Zelimkhan]. grozny-inform.ru (in Russian). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  18. ^ Albogachieva 1998, p. 291.

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