Armkhi
{{Short description|River in the Caucasus}}
{{distinguish|text=«Kistinka (river)»}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
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|image_skyline = Армхи.jpg
|image_caption = Armkhi river near the village of Olgeti
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Armkhi ({{langx|inh|МохтIе}}, Moxthe; {{langx|ru|Армхи}}) is a village in Dzheyrakhsky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, located on the Armkhi or Kistinka river ({{langx|inh| Ӏарам-хий, Кисти-хий}}, Aram-khi, Kisti-khiï; {{lang-ka|ქისტეთისწყალი}}, Kistetistskali; {{langx|ru|Армхи, Кистинка}}). The village is known for its year-round recreation resort. Armkhi is one of six rural localities constituting the Dzheyrakh rural settlement.
History
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The name of the village derives from the river Armkhi, a tributary of the Terek river. Several variations exist with regard to the meaning of the term "Armkhi". One is that the toponym derives from Ingush for "prohibited water/river"; another, that it comes from the Ingush words amr 'lake' and khi 'water'.
The hydronym Kistinka derives from one of the old Ingush ethnonyms — Kisti.Leonti von Städer by Peter Simon Pallas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ9E9Qb6KowC&dq=inguschen+oder+kisten&pg=PA32 «Tagebuch einer Reise die im Jahr 1781 von der Granzfestung Mosdok nach dem innern Caucasus unternommen worden»] St. Petersburg; Leipzig, 1797 / p. 32. James Percival by Sir Richard Phillips. [https://books.google.com/books?id=H6UwAAAAYAAJ&dq=kisti+ingushi+alans&pg=RA1-PA16 «A Geographical View of the World: Embracing the Manners, Customs, and Pursuits, of Every Nation; Founded on the Best Authorities»] New York, 1826 / p. 16Charles Vallancey. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VSY2AAAAMAAJ «Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis VI»] Dublin, 1804 / p. 13Johann Gottfried Eichhorn. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0-PCKZI9FB8C «Geschichte der Litteratur, von ihrem Anfang bis auf die neuesten Zeiten»] Göttingen, 1807 / p. 359Екатерина Кушева [http://apsnyteka.org/file/kusheva_e_narody_severnogo_kavkaza_i_ikh_svjazi_s_rossiei.pdf «Народы Северного Кавказа и их связи с Россией (вторая половина XVI — 30-е годы XVII века)»] / Ред. изд-ва И.У. Будовниц. — Утверждено Институтом истории АН СССР. — М. : Изд-во АН СССР, 1963 / с. 360
In 1745, Vakhushti Bagrationi mentions it as "Kistetian river" as well as "Kist-Durdzukian river".Вахушти Багратиони. «География Грузии» / Введение, перевод и примечания М.Г. Джананашвили. — Тифлисъ: Типография К.П. Козловскаго, 1904 / с. 151
Doctor of historical sciences and archaeologist Evgeniy Krupnov wrote:
{{Cquote|The ancient habitat of the Kists or Kistins is determined quite accurately. It is the Armkhi gorge — the right tributary of the Terek, 22 km south of the city of Ordzhonikidze, because this river was called in Georgian "Kistetistskali" and "Kistinka" in Russian sources; neighboring Ossetians call it "Makal-don".
|author=Е.И. Крупнов
|source=«Средневековая Ингушетия» - М.: Наука, 1971. / с. 29
}}
In 1928 a sanatorium was established adjacent to the village, making it one of the oldest sanatoriums in the North Caucasus.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetaingush.ru/news/kurort-armhi-sobiraet-informaciyu-o-svoyom-proshlom|title=Курорт "Армхи" собирает информацию о своём прошлом|date=27 April 2017|publisher=|accessdate=22 May 2017}} The modern building of the sanatorium was constructed in 1998. Recently a ski resort was built, along with a hotel, pools and a year-round recreation center.{{cite web|url=http://ingkurort.ru/about/|title=О курорте "Армхи" / Курорт "Армхи" в Ингушетии|website=ingkurort.ru|accessdate=22 May 2017}}
Demography
{{Infobox
|title=Armkhi population
|label1=2012
|label2=2013
|label3=2015
|label4=2016
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Geography
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