Ingush
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1. Ingush - Noun
2. Ingush - Adjective
3. Ingush - Proper noun
Meaning
A member of a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.
(inexact) Synonym of Ingushetian: a resident of Ingushetia.
Ingush
The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.
Of or related to the Ingush people.
Of or related to the Ingush language.
(inexact) Synonym of Ingushetian: of or related to Ingushetia, a Russian republic in the northeastern Caucasus.
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As in other North Caucasian musical cultures, Chechen and Ingush polyphony is based on a drone.
Intervals and chords, used in Chechen and Ingush polyphony, are often dissonances (sevenths, seconds, fourths).
It is estimated that about 80% of Chechens and Ingush left the Caucasus during the deportation.
The deportation was supposedly justified by the materials prepared by notorious NKVD officer Bogdan Kobulov accusing Chechens and Ingush in a mass conspiracy preparing rebellion and providing assistance to the German forces.
Ingush aul Kek was completely burned when the Ingush refused to hand over Zelimkhan.
Other groups include Russians (24,382, or 1.9%), Kumyks (12,221, or 1%), Ingush (1,296 or 0.1%) and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.