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Muzhichi
Human settlement in Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
Muzhichi (Ingush: Мужече, Mužeče) is a rural locality (a selo) in Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sunzha River near the border with the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. It forms the municipality of the rural settlement of Muzhichi as the only settlement in its composition.
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Muzhichi on the map of Sunzhensky (Ingush) otdel in 1892]] The village is located on the left bank of the river Assa, 37 km southwest of the district center - the city of Sunzha and 40 km southeast of the city of Magas. The nearest settlements: in the north - the village of Galashki, in the east - the village of Dattykh and in the west - the village of Komgaron. The aul is named after the ancestor of the taip Muzhakhoy - Muzhkho. And the name of the village of Muzhichi (Ingush: Мужече) in translation means "aul Muzhakhoy". In 1859, the Orstkhoys were evicted from the village of Muzhichi. In 1860–1861, Cossack villages were founded on the site of the former Orstkhoy mountain villages, including the farm - Muzhichinskiy, but the constant attacks of the Ingush forced the inhabitants of the farm to go north, under the cover of the "Sunzhenskaya Cossack Line". In 1872, the farm was settled by highlanders among 300 households from the Khamkhin and Tsorin societies, at the head of the settlers was Ozig Kotiev Meili-Khadzhi Espievich, a native of the Galgai village, who rented land from the tsarist administration and actually restored and revived the ancient village. At one time he served in the Sunzha regiment and had good relations with the authorities of the Terek region.
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