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

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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
Name Source Date Refs
Kolkans Article list 1590 [5][3][1]
Kalkans Document 1604 [6]
Kalkan mountains Document 1604 [6]
Kalkan kabaks Document 1614 [6]
Kalkan mountain lands Reportage 1619 [1]
Kolkan lands Chelobitnaya of Okoks 1621 [7]
Kolkan lands Reportage of 2 Kabardian knyazes 1621 [8]
Kalkani Document 1637 [6]

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Bibliography

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  • Волкова, Н. Г. (1973). Этнонимы и племенные названия Северного Кавказа [Ethnonyms and tribal names of the North Caucasus] (in Russian). Москва: Наука. pp. 1–210.
  • Богуславский, В. В. (2004). Славянская энциклопедия: XVII век [Slavic Encyclopedia: XVII century] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Москва: Олма-Пресс. pp. 1–782. ISBN 5224036593.
  • Кушева, Е. Н. (1963). Народы Северного Кавказа и их связи с Россией (вторая половина XVI — 30-е годы XVII века) [The peoples of the North Caucasus and their relations with Russia (the second half of the 16th - 30s of the 17th century)] (in Russian). Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР. pp. 1–370.
  • Белокуров, М. А. (1889). Сношения России с Кавказом. 1578-1613 гг. [Relations between Russia and the Caucasus. 1578-1613] (in Russian) (1st ed.). Москва: Университетская типография, Страстной бульвар. pp. 1–715.