Keywords: Ingushs, the custom of blood feud, avengers, elders, reconciling commission, forgiveness, adat, sharia

The article is devoted to the feud in the Republic of Ingushetia, the forms and methods of authorities’ control, the clergy and the sociality with this custom in the 20th century. The role of the reconciling commission in regularization of the conflicting parties’ relationships is examined, the necessity of forming a new concept of extrajudicial, alternative practices for resolving legal conflicts in traditional societies is argued.