Established in 1862 as a military district of the Terek Oblast, it existed for approximately 9 years. In 1865 the Karabulakskiy Uchastok was abolished due to the resettlement of the majority of its population (Karabulaks). In 1867, two societies, Merzhoy and Akkins, were ceded to the neighboring Argunskiy Okrug. Finally, in 1871, Ingushskiy Okrug was combined with the Ossetinskiy okrug into a new district, Vladikavkazsky okrug.
Ingushskiy Okrug on the Road map of the Caucasus region in 1853.Ingushskiy Okrug on the map of the Caucasus region, 1869.
Background
Up until the 1860s, the mountaineers in the
North Caucasus were subordinated to the military authorities of the Left (North-Eastern Caucasus) and Right (North-Western Caucasus) flanks of the
Caucasian Line. Only in the
Stavropol Governorate was there a civil administration.[2]
Establishment
In 1862,
Terek Oblast was divided into three districts (otdel), that is, Western, Middle and Eastern. To the former belonged the newly created Ingushskiy Okrug[3][4] (also referred as the Voenno-Ingushskiy Okrug).[5]
The administrative center of the Ingushskiy Okrug, together with the Ossetian Okrug, was
Vladikavkaz. The Okrug consisted of three uchastoks:
Nazranovskiy,
Psedakhskiy,
Gorsky and
Karabulakskiy.[6][1] Significant lands of the plain of
Ingushetia in 1864-1865, after the construction of
Cossack villages on them, were directly subordinated to the
Terek Cossack Host. In 1866, the territory of the
Meredzhin and
Akkinsocieties was separated from the Gorskiy Uchastok of the Ingushskiy Okrug and subordinated to the administration of the Argunskiy Okrug.[7][8][b]
In 1865, after the resettlement of Karabulaks to
Turkey, Karabulakskiy Uchastok was abolished and its lands were ceded to nearby Cossack stanitsas.[10]
On February 2, 1870, a project was approved to establish an agricultural farm and school in the Ingush district.[11]
In 1871, the Ingushskiy Okrug was disestablished when, together with the Cossack villages on the Sunzha, it was merged with the Ossetinskiy Okrug into one
Vladikavkazsky Okrug.[12]
Administrative divisions
In administrative terms, initially in 1862 Ingushkiy Okrug was divided into 4 subcounties (uchastoks) and the lands of the villages on the Sunzha subordinate to the Terek Cossack army. However, in 1865 the number of sites was reduced to three. The subcounties of the Ingushskiy okrug were as follows:
^Due to them belonging to the same nation as the locals (Chechens) and geographically closer to the central governance of the Okrug.[9]
^
abIn 1865, the Karabulakskiy Uchastok of the Ingushskiy Okrug was liquidated, and its lands were divided between the Sunzha Cossacks and the Chechenskiy Okrug.[6][1]
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