- Teip
Teip (also taip) is a Chechen tribal organization or
clan , self-identified through descent from a commonancestor and geographic location. There are about 130 teips (though some sources state that there may be as many as 300). More than 20 teips originated from newcomers, in particular Avars,Kumyks ,Jews ,Georgians ,Russians , Turks. The taips descending of non-Chechen ancestors are called "impure teips" (in other language: su’lijn taipa, соьли тайпа). In teips internal dynamic anhonor and blood feuds plays major role.The teip membership and thetukkhum membership defined the social position of a Chechen. The lack of any affiliation of a person can be described as “This man has neither a teip nor a tukkhum”.Traditional teip rules and features
List of teips
Below is a list of teips with the "
tukkhum " to which it belongs, a short description, relation to the Russian Chechen conflict and notable members:
*Akkiy tukkhum ( _ru. Аккий)*Myalkiy tukkhum ( _ru. Мялкий)
*Nokhchmakhkakhoy tukkhum ( _ru. Нохчмахкахой)
**Aleroy ( _ru. Алерой) A small eastern teip from theAleroy village inKurchaloyevsky District .
**Beltagoy ( _ru. Белгатой) Formerly part of the Beltoj teip.
**Benoy (Benoy, Benoi) ( _ru. Беной) probably the largest teip with roughly 36,000 members.
**Biltoy ( _ru. Билтой) , teip inNozhay-Yurtovsky District .
**Chartoy ( _ru. Чартой) **Chermoy ( _ru. Чермой), an "impure teip", mostly populates Mexkety village. Also dominates in the mountains ofChermoy-lam .
**Centoroy (Russian: "Цонтарой/Центорой ") - one of the largest eastern teips.
**Elistanzhkhoy ( _ru. Элистанжхой) – fromKhatuni village inVedensky District . Moved toAldy nearGrozny .
**Enganoy ( _ru. Энганой) – dispersed throughout the Chechen Republic. It is considered that many MuslimImam s originate from here.
**Ersenoy ( _ru. Эрсеной) – eastern teip in the Nokhchimokhk region in Shalinsky andGudermessky District s.
**Gendagenoy ( _ru. Гендаргеной) – from historic center of Chechen Republic called Nokhchijmokhka. **Gordaloy ( _ru. Гордалой) – supporters of the separatist movement.
**Gunoi ( _ru. Гуной ) Also known as White Gunoi. This north-eastern teip is largely anti-separatist and pro-Kremlin . It is "impure teip" originated due to diffusion of population between RussianCossacks and some Chechen taips.
**Kharachoi ( _ru. Харачой) **Yalkhoi ( _ru. Ялхой) . *Orstkhoi (Ershtkhoy) tukkhum( _ru. Эршткхой)
*Terloy tukkhum ( _ru. Терлой)
**Beshni ( _ru. Бешни), a highland south-eastern teip. Has its own mountain –Beshni-Lam .
**Chinkhoi(Chonkhoy)( _ru. Чинхой). Teip with pro-federal position. *Chantiy tukkhum ( _ru. Чантий)
**Chanti ( _ru. Чанти)
*Cheberloy (Chebarloy, Chebarloj) tukkhum ( _ru. Чебарлой )
**Rigakhoy ( _ru. Ригахой)
**Buni ( _ru. Буни)
*Sharoy tukkhum ( _ru. Шарой )
*Shotoy tukkhum ( _ru. Шотой )
**Varandoy ( _ru. Варандой)– one of the best known highland teips. Of outer roots according to Russian accounts.
*Tukkhum is not known
**Chinnakhoy ( _ru. Чиннахой)
**Marshaloy ( _ru. Маршалой)
**Mulkoy ( _ru. Мулкой), a small highland teip inShatoysky District .
**Nashkhoy ( _ru. Нашхой) – ethnogenetic center of Nokhchimatnens in the Middle Ages.
**Peshkhoy ( _ru. Пешхой )
**Satoy ( _ru. Сатой)– aristocratic teip from Beltoj.
**Turkoy ( _ru. Туркой) . Turkic teip.
**Khindkhoy ( _ru. Хиндхой), a small teip located in the region of Galanchozha.
**Kalkhoy ( _ru. Калхой) highland teip.
**Yalkhoroy ( _ru. Ялхорой) – theYalkhoroi village is named after this teip.
**Zumsoy ( _ru. Зумсой) – highland teip.
**Zurzakkhoy ( _ru. Зурзакхой) – considered to be one of the most indigenous teips.References
* [http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=eng§ion=etneng&row=10 Chechen ethnos]
External links
* [http://www.chechen.org/content.php?catID=123 Teips on chechen.org] (In Russian )
* [http://www.siue.edu/~rware/After_the_Referendum.pdf Russia and Eurasia Review] (pdf)
* [http://www.latautonomy.org/TraditionalSocialOrganisationChechens.pdf Traditional social organisation of the Chechens] (pdf)ee also
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Tukkhum
*History of Chechnya
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