Ingushetia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia
About Ingushetia
The Ingush are relatives of theChechensand have shared their Sunni Islamic beliefs as well astheir fatein rebellion and conquest vis-à-vis theRussians. In the beginning of the 19th century, a Chechen scholar peacefully converted most Ingush into Islam. Like the Chechens, the Ingush were accused by Stalin of Nazi collaboration and were deported toKazakhstan. When Khrushchev allowed them to return home, they found that their Orthodox Christian neighbors, theOssetes, had settled on formerly Ingush lands, launching a violent ethnic conflict which rages on today. Around 1929-1991, Ingushetia was merged withChechnyato form the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, and became separated. By 1991, the first Ingush president, Ruslan Aushev attempted to help the already weak economy, and when the first Chechen war st
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