The village is located on the left bank of the Kench River, 9 km southeast of the regional center - the city of Nazran and 9 km northeast of the city of Magas .
The nearest settlements: in the south-west — the city of Magas and the village of Ali-Yurt [ru], in the west — the village of Ekazhevo, in the north-west — the village of Gazi-Yurt, in the north — the village of Yandare, in the north-east — the village of Nesterovskaya, in the east — the village of Alkhasty [ru] and in the southeast - the village of Galashki.
The village of Surkhakhi was founded in 1836.[7] According to one of the official versions, on the territory, including the village of Surkhakhi, there was the ancient city of Magas — the capital of the medieval polyethnic state of Alania, which also included the territory of modern Ingushetia. In this version, we are talking about the complex of ancient settlements "Yandare - Gazi-Yurt - Ekazhevo - Ali-Yurt - Surkhakhi", which are a single fortified area of early medieval fortresses and many settlements between them. More than 30 settlements, numerous settlements, connecting them with defensive ditches and funerary monuments of the Alanian period were recorded in this area.[13]
In July 1919, when Ingushetia was under the rule of Denikin's forces and the people of Surkhakhi left the village, Mandre Nalgiev with his mother remained in the village. Mandre defended Surkhakhi for 9 days, coming out victorious as the Ingush militants came for help and liberated the village.[14] The villagers also attacked and disarmed a White Guard echelon in Nazran. To suppress the uprising, the command of the volunteer army was forced to withdraw 15 thousand bayonets from the front. In 1927, the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, M. I. Kalinin, presented the villagers with a letter of thanks for their active support of the Red Army.[15]
To date, directly in Surkhakhi, archaeologists have found and recorded: 1.5 km west of the village "Surkhahin settlement No. 1" — "Khatoy boarz", 1.7 km west of the village, 200 meters "near an artificial pond in the Erz-Eli tract — "Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 2", 50 m from it "Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 3", 1.5-2 km north-west of the village on the left bank of the Kench River Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 4" — "Ters vakha chu", 1 km to the east of the village "Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 5, to the south-west of the village "Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 6, to the west of the village "Surkhahinsk settlement No. 7" — "Arapkha boarzash", 1.5 km south-east of the village "Surkhakhinskoe settlement No. 8" — "Daka am Kerte", 2.5 km south-west of the village "Surkhahinskoe settlement No. 9" - "Khoriy bose", part of the village near the former farm "Surkhakhinsky settlement No. 10" — "Ehka boarz", 3-4 km southeast of the village "Surkhakha settlement No. 11" — "Shin ken duk".[18]
^ ab • Commonly mentioned as 'Surkhothe' (Ingush: СурхотIе),[1][2][3][4] however the village was sometimes mentioned as 'Surkhokhathe' (Ingush: СурхохатIе)[5] or 'Surkho-Khithe' (Ingush: Сурхо-Хитӏе).[6]
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