'''Ingushetia''' is a republic in Russia's North Caucasus bordering North Ossetia to the west, Chechnya to the east, and Georgia to the south.

Cities

  • Magas — the tiny (about 300 residents) capital of Ingushetia
  • Akchay-Martan — on the border with Chechnya
  • Dariali — a high aul in Ingushetia's beautiful Dzheyrakh Region
  • Guloykhi — a multi-towered Ingush aul in southern Ingushetia in the Assy Gorge
  • Karabulak
  • Malgobek — an oilfield town now housing some 20,000 Chechen refugees
  • Nazran — the largest city and former capital, partly across the border with North Ossetia
  • Ordzhonikidzevskaya
  • Other destinations

  • Armkhi — a Soviet resort/sanatorium high in the mountains of southwestern Ingushetia
  • Understand

    The Ingush are the closest relatives of the Chechens and have shared their Sufi Islamic beliefs as well as their fate in rebellion and conquest vis-a-vis the Russians. Like the Chechens, the Ingush were accused by Stalin of Nazi collaboration and were deported to Kazakhstan. When Khrushchev allowed them to return home, they found that their Orthodox Christian neighbors, the Ossetes, had settled on formerly Ingush lands, launching a violent ethnic conflict which rages on today.

    Although the majority of Ingushetia's population lives in the larger northern towns, the Ingush consider their true heritage to be tied to the ancient auls (stone mountaintop villages) in the south of Ingushetia, especially along the Assy Gorge.

    Get in

    By plane

    Planes to Ingushetia leaves from Moscow .

    By train

    A train leaves from/to Moscow one time for 4 days.

    By bus

    A daily bus leaves from/to Grozny,Nalchik and Stavropol. Regular buses leaves from/to Moscow . A small buses leaves from/to Nalchik and other north-caucasians,south-russians cities(i.e.,to Vladikavkaz).

    Get around

    Talk

    Russian is understood by all; bilinguilism in Ingush (a language related to Chechen) or other regional languages is common.

    Buy

    Costs

    Eat

  • "Assa" — restaraunt,located in Nazran
  • "Vstrecha"
  • Drink

    Sleep

    "Assa" Hotel-located in Nazran

    Learn

  • Ingush State University
  • Work

    Stay safe

    Travel is not recommended for Ingushetia until the security situation improves drastically. At present, Ingushetia should be considered a war zone.

    Stay healthy

    Respect

    Contact

    Mobile

    In Ingushetia there are three federal GSM operators (MTS, Beeline, Megafon) and they often have offers that give you a SIM card for free or at least very cheap. If you are planning to stay a while and to keep in touch with Ingushetian and other North-Caucasus people, then you should consider buying a local SIM card instead of going on roaming. If you buy a SIM card from a shop you'll need your passport for identification. It only takes five minutes to do the paperwork and it will cost less than $10.