to as the ts'a or the , with married daughters usually living with in the household of their spouse. Brothers would share the same land and livestock. Formation of new teips The number of teips has been unstable in recent history. While there were 59 Chechen and Ingush teips in the early 19th century, this swelled to a hundred by the mid-19th century, and today there are about 170. New teips could be founded when a large broke off and claimed the title of a full-fledged teip. See also Tukkhum History of Chechnya Medieval history of Christianity in Chechnya References External links Teips on chechen.org (In Russian ) Russia and Eurasia Review (pdf) Traditional social organisation of the Chechens (pdf) A complete list of all Chechen Teips Chechnya Kinship and descent Nakh peoples Nakh culture Tribes of the Caucasus