Armkhi
Sign in to saveArmkhi (, Moxthe; ) is a village in Dzheyrakhsky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, located on the Armkhi or Kistinka river (, Aram-khi, Kisti-khiï; , Kistetistskali; ). The village is known for its year-round recreation resort. Armkhi is one of six rural localities constituting the Dzheyrakh rural settlement.
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- сельское поселение Джейрах
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- Ингушетия
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- Россия
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- 386433
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Armkhi (, Moxthe; ) is a village in Dzheyrakhsky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, located on the Armkhi or Kistinka river (, Aram-khi, Kisti-khiï; , Kistetistskali; ). The village is known for its year-round recreation resort. Armkhi is one of six rural localities constituting the Dzheyrakh rural settlement.
== History == thumb|230px|left|"The river Dzheyrakh|Charekh on which there are 40 villages is called Kistek (Kistinka)" illustrated on 's map in 1733. 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'.
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