Chakh Akhriev

Chakh Elmurzievich Akhriev
Akhriev c. 1873
Born22 May 1850[a]
Died12 May 1914[b]
Vladikavkaz
SpouseAyshi Bazorkina
ChildrenRashid-bek, Ruslan, Tamara, Nina
Parents
  • Elmurza Akhriev (father)
  • Dali Ozieva (mother)
RelativesAssadula Akhriev (cousin)
Academic background
Alma materStavropol classical men's gymnasium [ru] (1868)
Nizhyn Legal Lyceum [ru] (1874)
Academic work
DisciplineEthnography and local history
Military career
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army
RankColonel[1]

Chakh Elmurzievich Akhriev[d] (22 May [O.S. 10 May] 1850 – 12 May [O.S. 29 April] 1914) was the first Ingush ethnographer and a lawyer by education, who recorded Ingush folklore, mythology, and culture.

Akhriev was born in Furtoug and became an amanat (mountain hostage)[e] at the age of seven. He entered a military cantonist school, where Akhriev studied from 1857 to 1862. From 1862 to 1868, he studied at the Stavropol Gymnasium [ru], after which he returned to Furtoug, and started collecting folklore and ethnographic materials. In 1870s, he published some of those ethnographic works in Collection of information about the Caucasian highlanders [ru] and the newspaper Terskie vedomosti [ru]. From 1870 to 1874, Akhriev studied at the Nizhyn Lyceum [ru], after which he relocated to Elizavetpol Governorate, where he worked for the administrative authorities of the cities of Yevlakh and Nukha. Akhriev continued working until 1912, when he resigned due to illness. He returned to Vladikavkaz, where he died on 12 May 1914.


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