In the second half of the 18th century (1770s), the
German researcher
J. A. Güldenstädt indicates Arshty and some other
Orstkhoy villages among the total number of
Ingush villages and districts proper. In the winter of 1825,
Cossack and
Chechen militsiya under the leadership of General made a punitive expedition to Arshty and devastated it. During the
Caucasian War, starting from 1840, the village was the center of the
Vilayet Arshtkhoy, an administrative unit of the
Caucasian Imamate. Since 1861, Arshty has been in the
Ingushskiy Okrug of the
Terek Oblast. In 1859,
caucasologist and military-historian
Adolf Berge in his principal work
Chechenya and Chechens mentioned Arshty among the Galashian villages. As a result of the eviction of the Orstkhoys to Turkey in 1865, including to the village of Arshty, an intensive resettlement of the Malkhists and Maystins began. Since 1924, the village of Arshty, together with neighboring
Bamut, was part of
Ingush Autonomous Oblast. According to the
Soviet Census in 1926, upper Arshty had population of 303, 303 people of Ingush ethnicity. Lower Arshty had population of 550, 546 people of Ingush ethnicity. In 1944, after the
Deportation of Chechens and Ingush and the abolition of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the village of Arshty was renamed Dubravino. After the
restoration of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in 1958 the settlement was returned to its former name - Arshty. During the
First Chechen war on February 22, 1996, the village was shelled by
Russian troops by mistake, as the
Russian soldiers had a misconception that
Chechen rebels were hiding in Arshty. This incident killed ten people, mostly women. == Notes ==