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Caucasus – Terra Incognito

Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Ossetia, not even the more experienced travelers can pin-point all these places on a map. Neither could I before I traveled this region for one month in the summer of 2019.  But isn’t this the best reason to head out to such very off off the beaten tracks? Most of the time I travelled on my own on public transport. I felt completely safe, actually I was overwhelmed by the help I received from total strangers. For a few days I joined six other people to visit South Ossetia, since a special invitation is required for this tiny country. It was the perfect mix, four weeks on my own knowing about 20 words of Russian might have been a bit lonely.

Russia’s Caucasus Region

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Small Ingushetia – tragic history

Ingushetia is the tiniest of the Russian Caucasus republics, sandwiched inbetween North Ossetia und Chechnya. Magras was my only stop in this tiny republic, which has a lot more to offer, like stunning nature and ancient watch-towers.  Ingushetsia’s capital Magras offers two  places interest: the local museum in a watch-tower-replica and the memorial guiding through the history of the Ingush people. 

Ingushetia’s new capital Magras, two km from its old capital Nasran

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