istir-khoki

Updated: August 25, 2026

We continued to ascend, and reached the foot of the Khoki, also called Istir-Khoki, finally arriving at a spot where an accumulation of large stones in the bed of the river rendered it possible to cross over to the village of Tsiwratté-Kan, where we breakfasted. Here the small streams forming the Terek meet.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century