Chechen Confederation

Deghasta refers to the territories of the Chechens during the 16th to 19th centuries, being formally split apart in 1832.

History

Chechen societies historically were largely egalitarian divided into teips, all teips had a national council called "Mehk-Kel" which was responsible for all teips Teips functioned as clan based systems or political units. Before the name "Chechens" was applied for the Chechen population, Chechens along with Ingushs and other Vainakh people were referred to as the same ethnicity called "Nakhs" or "Vainakhs" After the Russians incorporated the North Cauacsus into the Russian Empire, The Nakhs were split into multiple subgroups, Chechens were named after the village "Chachan" and the Ingushs were named after an village in the lowlands "Angusht"

Chechens split into teips and tukhkums after the feudal rule ended and after the defeats of both their historical kingdoms Durdzuketi and Simsim.

Localization

V.A Shnirelman notes that the Chechens occupied a significant portion of northern dagestan, reaching the CASPIAN sea where they used the coast for fishing grounds. The Russian Lieutenant Karl Knorring notes that the during the beginning of the 19th century, Chechen settlement extended up to 200 versts from the Sunzha River to the shores of the Caspian sea, The Kumyk plain was also under Chechen control and referred to as "Chechen plain" according to Russian-German Historian A.P Berger and that the Kumyks first appeared as tributaries in the plain under the Chechens