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Targim

Targim is a city-settlement (aul) in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia. It is part of the rural settlement of Guli. The territory of the settlement is included in the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is under state protection.

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Targim
Таргим
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 • IngushТӏаргамa
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Coordinates: 42°50′06″N 44°56′33″E / 42.83500°N 44.94250°E / 42.83500; 44.94250
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIngushetia
Elevation
1,080 m (3,540 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)5
 • Total
7
 • Estimate 
(2024)6
9 (+28.6%)
 • Subordinated toDzheyrakhsky District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata7)
Postal code8
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OKTMO ID26620450196

Targim (Ingush: Тӏаргам, romanized: Thargama) is a city-settlement (aul) in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia.9 It is part of the rural settlement (administrative center) of Guli.10 The territory of the settlement is included in the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is under state protection.

Nomenclature

Some researchers associate Thargam (Targim) with the name of the legendary Thargamos.11 A. Suleymanov believed that "Thargam" could mean "shield".12

Geography

Targim is located in the south of Ingushetia, on the right bank of the Assa River in the Targim basin. It lies at an elevation of 1,080 metres above sea level.13 Nearby settlements include: Egikal to the northwest, Barkhane to the west, Khamkhi to the southwest, and Gureti to the south.

History

On the territory of Targim, remains of megalithic cyclopean dwellings dating back to the 2nd–1st millennium BC have been discovered.14 According to legend, the tower fortresses of Targim, Egikal and Khamkhi, located in the valley of Ghalghaï Koashke (“Ghalghaï outposts”), were founded by three brothers, the sons of the legendary Alby (in other sources "Gha"). The youngest of them was Targim (Thargam), who settled across the Assa River.

In the second half of the 18th century (1770s), the German researcher J.A. Güldenstädt listed Targim among the total number of Ingush villages and districts.15

Notes

Notes


  1.  • Commonly mentioned as 'Thargam' (Ingush: Тӏаргам),12 however the village was sometimes mentioned as 'Thargim' (Ingush: Thærgim)3 or 'Thargime' (Ingush: ТIаргиме).4
References

References

  1. Барахоева, Кодзоев & Хайров 2016, p. 28.
  2. Кодзоев 2021, p. 566.
  3. Ужахов 1927, p. 150.
  4. Мальсагов 1963, p. 149.
  5. 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.
  6. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Федеральная служба государственной статистики.
  7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. Чахкиев 2003, pp. 132–133.
  10. "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»".
  11. Яндиев 2007, p. 36.
  12. Сулейманов 1978, p. 38.
  13. Проект «Открытый Кавказ». "Карта" (in Russian). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  14. Чахкиев 2003, p. 103.
  15. Гюльденштедт 2002, p. 241.
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