Yosif Buzurtanov
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ingush |
| Born | Gveleti |
| Occupation(s) | hunter, alpinist |
| Climbing career | |
| Known for | 1st to climb the summit of Mount Kazbek (5054 m above sea level) |
Yosif Buzurtanov (Russian: Йосиф Бузуртанов) — an Ingush mountaineer and hunter, also called Yosif the Mokhevian, the first person to ascend Mount Kazbek in the Caucasus in the second half of the 18th century. Yosif Buzurtanov was a resident of the medieval village (aul) Gveleti (Ingush: Gelatĕ), abode of the Ingush clan Gelatkhoy.