Chakh Akhriev
Chakh Elmurzievich Akhriev (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.
Chakh Elmurzievich Akhriev | |
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Akhriev c. 1873 | |
| Born | 22 May 1850 Furtoug, Terek Oblast |
| Died | 12 May 1914 Vladikavkaz |
| Spouse | Ayshi Bazorkina |
| Children | Rashid-bek, Ruslan, Tamara, Nina |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Assadula Akhriev (cousin) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Stavropol classical men's gymnasium (1868) Nizhyn Legal Lyceum (1874) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Ethnography and local history |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
Akhriev was born in Furtoug and became an amanat (mountain hostage) at the age of seven, as a result of a Russian military expedition in his native village. He was adopted by a Russian colonel, who sent him a military cantonist school, where Akhriev studied from 1857 to 1862.
From 1862 to 1868, Akhriev studied at the Stavropol Gymnasium, 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 and the newspaper Terskie vedomosti. From 1870 to 1874, Akhriev studied at the Nizhyn Lyceum, 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.