Not to be confused with the Ingush subgroup Fyappiy that historically inhabited the region.
Fappi (Ingush: Фаьппи, romanized:Fäppi) or Fappi mokhk (Ingush: Фаьппи мохк, romanized:Fäppi mokhk, lit.'Country of Feappins'), exonym: Kistetia, is a historical region in Ingushetia. Fappi is the territory of historical settlement of the Feappiisociety.
Geography
Suleymanov gave the following boundaries of the historical region: in the west with the Dzherakhs, in the south with Khevsureti, in the east with the Khamkhins and the Tsorins, and in the north it opened into a flat plain. The Feappiy district occupied a significant territory of the Armkhi Gorge and was in contact with the plain in the north. The geography of the initial distribution of this ethnonym, according to A. N. Genko, relates to areas 'to the west of the Lomeka River (the ancient name of the Terek River)', covering the entire territory of what is now the Republic of North Ossetia.
History
The historical area of Fappi Mokhk was mentioned as 'Kistetia', as well as 'Kistia' or 'Kistinia'. The Georgian prince, historian, and geographer of the 18th century, Prince Vakhushti of Kartli, localised Kistetia along the gorge of the Armkhi River (historically 'Kistinka'), in mountainous Ingushetia.
According to the German researcher J. A. Güldenstädt, who visited the Caucasus in 1770-1773, the Feappii, along with the other Ingush societies, was subject to either the Oksay or Kabardian princes, while in ancient times these territories had been subject to Georgia.
Settlements
The center of the society was the fortified village (aul) Erzi.
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