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Encyclopedia > Music of Ingushetia
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Caucasian music Russia is a large and extremely culturally diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of folk music. ...

Genres Bards - Classical music - Hip hop - Jazz - Opera - Rock
Awards MTV Russia Music Awards
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National anthem "National Anthem of Russia"
Caucasian music
Abkhazia - Adygea - Armenia - Astrakhan - Azerbaijan - Chechnya - Dagestan - Georgia - Ingushetia - Kalmykia - Krasnodar - Ossetia - Rostov
Russian regions and ethnicities
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Traditional Ingush musical instruments include the zurna (similar to a clarinet), dekhch-pandr (similar to a balalaika), kekhat pondur (accordion, played mostly by girls), violin (with three strings), drums and tambourine. Bulat Okudjava, a pioneer of the Bard genre For other meanings of the word, see Bard (disambiguation). ... Russian hip hop is hip hop music produced in Russia and/or in the Russian language. ... Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... The National Anthem of Russia (Russian: ) is composed by Alexander Alexandrov, lyrics written by Sergey Mikhalkov. ... Adygea is a region in Russia. ... Astrakhan is a Caucasian region of Russia with a rich musical history. ... Native musical instruments: The pondur is the oldest of musical instruments of the Chechens, comprising of three chords and a wooden casing. ... Dagestan is a region of Russia. ... Kalmykia is a Russian region. ... Krasnodar is both a krai and a city within it, in Russia. ... Ossetia is a region, split into South Ossetia in Georgia and North Ossetia in Russia. ... Rostov Oblast is a region of Russia, which contains the city of Rostov-on-Don. ... Adygea is a region in Russia. ... Altai is a region in Russia, composed primarily of ethnic Russians and Altaians. ... Astrakhan is a Caucasian region of Russia with a rich musical history. ... The first major study of the music of Bashkortostan appeared in 1897, when ethnographer Rybakov S.G. wrote Music and Songs of the Urals Muslims and Studies of Their Way of Life. ... Buryatia is a part of the Russian Federation. ... Native musical instruments: The pondur is the oldest of musical instruments of the Chechens, comprising of three chords and a wooden casing. ... Dagestan is a region of Russia. ... Evenkia is a part of Russia, located in Asia. ... Irkutsk is a Russian oblast and city that has produced several famous popular musicians and has a number of styles of folk music. ... The modern city and region of Kaliningrad is home to the Kaliningrad Regional Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra, the Lik male chamber choir and the Garmonika Russian music ensemble [1], as well as the Kaliningrad Chamber Orchestra [2]. References [3] [4] Categories: Music genre stubs | Music of Russian subdivisions | Kaliningrad ... Kalmykia is a Russian region. ... Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ... Khakassia is a region in Russia. ... The Komi Republic is a region of Russia. ... Krasnodar is both a krai and a city within it, in Russia. ... Mordovia is a region of Russia. ... Nenetsia is a region in Russia, inhabited by the Nenets. ... Ossetia is a region, split into South Ossetia in Georgia and North Ossetia in Russia. ... Rostov Oblast is a region of Russia, which contains the city of Rostov-on-Don. ... Ethnic Russian music includes many varieties of folk, popular and classical traditions. ... The Sakha Republic is a part of Russia in Asia. ... Tatarstan is a part of Russia, inhabited by the Tatars. ... Tuva is a part of Russia, inhabited by a people related to the nearby Mongolians. ... Udmurtia is a Russian region. ... The Ingush are a people of the northern Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other meanings, see Zurna (disambiguation) and Surna (disambiguation) The Zurna (also called Surna) is a surnay woodwind instrument of Asia Minor used in traditional weddings along with a Davul. ... A bass clarinet, which sounds an octave lower than the more common B♭ soprano clarinet. ... Balalaika The balalaika (балала́йка) is a stringed instrument of Russian origin, with a characteristic triangular body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in pairs). ... A button accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This article is about musical instrument. ...


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Caucasus Foundation (996 words)
Firstly, Ingushetia is involved in an extremely difficult conflict with neighbouring North Ossetia about the territory of Prigorodny, the suburb, and parts of the North-Ossetian capital Vladikavkaz, which had been given to North Ossetia while the entire Ingush people lived in forced exile in Central Asia.
While the Russian Federation generally is in a deep economic crisis, the crisis in Ingushetia is overwhelmingly due to heavy fighting in Prigorodny and a subsequent flood of refugees living in freight containers.
Ingushetia is accusing these troops of siding with the Ossets, since all Ingush were driven out while the Russian troops were present.
Ingushetia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1084 words)
The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: Респу́блика Ингуше́тия; Ingush: ГIалгIай Мохк) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).
Ingushetia is situated on the northern slopes of the Caucasus.
The Constitution of Ingushetia was adopted on February 27, 1994.
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