Kalkans

Kalkans, Kolkans, Kalki, Kolki, Kalkan people — ethnonym of the Ingush used in Russian sources of the 16th-17th centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the Ingush - Ghalghaï.[1][2]

History

Kalkans are first mentioned in the second half of the 16th century in numerous reports of attacks done on Russian ambassador armies in Darial Gorge by Kalkans.[3][4][2] The earliest mention of Kalkans can be found in 1590 article list of knyaz of Zvenigorod and diak of Torkh, when the Kolkans attacked Russian ambassador army.[5][3][1]

Historical mentions
NameSourcedate
Kolkans[5][3][1]Article list1590
Kalkans[6]Document1604
Kalkan mountains[6]Document1604
Kalkan kabaks[6]Document1614
Kalkan mountain lands[1]Reportage1619
Kalkani[6]Document1637

References

  1. Волкова 1973, p. 154.
  2. Богуславский, Владимир Вольфович (2004). Славянская энциклопедия XVII век (in Russian). p. 538. ISBN 9785224036592.
  3. Кушева 1963, p. 65.
  4. Волкова 1973, pp. 154–155.
  5. Белокуров 1889, p. 222.
  6. Кушева 1963, p. 66.

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