Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; and borders the Russian republics of North Ossetia–Alania to its west and north and Chechnya to its east and northeast.

Its capital is the town of Magas, while the largest city is Nazran. At 3,600 square km, in terms of area, the republic is the smallest of Russia's non-city federal subjects. It was established on 4 June 1992, after the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was split in two. The republic is home to the indigenous Ingush, a people of Nakh ancestry.

Quotes

• The Committee for Ingushetia Independence is assuming ever clearer shape. Created at the start of 2023 (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/03/ingush-independence-movement-wont-join.html and windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/04/ingush-independence-committee-forms.html), it has now announced the name of its president.
  He is Ansar Garkkho, 38. His elevation was reported on September 11 after he met with the leaders of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis to discuss how the two national liberation movements could cooperate (t.me/ingcommittee/234 and https://fortanga.org/2023/09/stalo-izvestno-imya-glavy-komiteta-ingushskoj-nezavisimosti/).
  • Paul A. Goble, "Committee for Ingushetia Independence Identifies Émigré Activist Ansar Garkkho as Its Leader", Window on Eurasia (September 25, 2023)

External links

• Media related to Ingushetia on Wikimedia Commons
• Encyclopedic article on Ingushetia on Wikipedia
• Ingushetia travel guide from Wikivoyage

• The dictionary definition of Ingushetia on Wiktionary