18 Facts About Ingushetia

Ingushetia, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe.

Largely due to the insurgency in the North Caucasus, Ingushetia remains one of the poorest and most unstable regions of Russia.

In 1811 Russian envoy of a German origin Moritz von Engelhardt at czar's request visited mountainous Ingushetia and offered Ingush people to join Russia promising many benefits from czar.

However, the Russian conquest in Ingushetia was extremely difficult and the Russian forces began to rely on the method of colonization: extermination of the local population and repopulation of the area with Cossack and Ossetian loyalists.

Ingushetia becomes a major battleground between the old archenemies: general Denikin and Ingush resistance fighters.

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The number of rebel attacks in Ingushetia rose, especially after the number of Russian security forces was tripled.

For example, according to a Russian news agency a murder of an ethnic-Russian school teacher in Ingushetia was committed by two ethnic-Russian and ethnic-Ossetian soldiers; Issa Merzhoev the Ingush Police detective who solved the crime was shot at and killed by "unknown" assailants shortly after he had identified the murderer.

In January 2008, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation launched a "counter-terrorism" operation in Ingushetia after receiving information that insurgents had been preparing a series of attacks.

Under the current rule of Yevkurov, Ingushetia seems much calmer, showing some semblance of the Russian government.

Ingushetia recalls that in July 1941, his regiment was ordered to "finish off" the remaining Soviet soldiers in the fortress.

Ingushetia was blind because of his wounds and walked with his left arm extended forward.

Ingushetia walked along the parade grounds wearing a ragged uniform, but his head was held high.

Up until the dissolution of the Soviet state, Ingushetia was part of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Ingushetia is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.

Ingushetia has life expectancy noticeably higher than in any other federal subjects of the Russian Federation.

Ingushetia is situated on the northern slopes of the Caucasus.

Ingushetia is rich in marble, timber, dolomite, plaster, limestone, gravel, granite, clay, thermal medical water, rare metals, mineral water, oil, and natural gas reserves.

However, Ingushetia continues to remain as one of Russia's poorest republics, largely due to the ongoing conflict, corruption and civil disorders.