The Jewish community of Derbent, a city in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, is the oldest in the North Caucasus and dates back to the 7th century.[1][2][3] A large influx of Jewish immigrants occurred during the Russian Civil War (1917-1923). Most Derbent Jews immigrated from the mountain and steppe villages of the northern Caucasus.[1]
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influx of Jewish immigrants occurred during the Russian Civil War (1917-1923). Most DerbentJews immigrated from the mountain and steppe villages ofthe northern...
in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is the southernmost city in Russia, and it is the second-most important city of Dagestan. Derbent...
Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews, also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדֵי־קַוְקָז Yehudey Kavkaz...
During the Persian campaign in 1722 in Makhachkala was a camp for the troops ofthe Russian Emperor Peter I. Mountain Jews and Ashkenazi Jews were allowed...
synagogue. The petition said that during the time oftheDerbent Khanate, theJews built a synagogue on the 2nd Komendantskaya Street (the Midrash Eliyahu...
Georgian Jews. There are about 15,000–30,000 Caucasus Jews (as 140,000 immigrated to Israel, and 40,000 to the US). Arabs inthe Caucasus: a population of nomadic...
communities in Russia; the Tats, who are amongst the native inhabitants ofthe North Caucasus, and the Mountain Jews, who descend from Persian Jews from Iran...
Caspian Gates were also identified with the Pass ofDerbent (in modern Dagestan) on the Caspian; or with the Pass of Dariel, a gorge forming a pass between...
is the republic's capital and largest city; other major cities are Derbent, Kizlyar, Izberbash, Kaspiysk, and Buynaksk. Dagestan covers an area of 50...
of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background...
of Russia, 1828 abolished) A number of these khanates, including Ganja, Shirvan, Shaki, Derbent, and Karabakh, produced their own coins, first inthe...
were written down from the memory ofthe inhabitants ofDerbent and kept alive by famous Mountain Jewish writers and poets of different generations. Mordecai...
(Juhuri:"Кук гудил") "Son of mummers", 1974, which both spoke about the village life of Mountain Jews as well as inthe town ofDerbent during the first few years...
incorporated Derbent into Shirvan. The ethnic make-up ofDerbent remained unchanged until the city became part ofthe Safavid Empire inthe early sixteenth...
of the actions of unrighteous people and politicians and pray for peace in Palestine". Ovadia Isakov, the rabbi ofDerbent, reportedly home to the largest...
Semyonov www.polkrf.ru dictionary - The science, 2005. – p. 376. – ISBN 978-5-02-010208-8 Mikhailova I. X.JewsofDerbentinthe Great Patriotic War - 2013. -...
avenge the death of his father, Shaykh Haydar, who had been killed during his siege ofDerbent, in Dagestan. Afterwards he went on a campaign of conquest...
Shaki, Derbent, and Karabakh, produced their own coins, first inthe name of Nader Shah and then inthe name of Karim Khan. A large portion of their coinage...
the wall inDerbent is identified with the Gates of Alexander. The Gates of Alexander are most commonly identified with the Caspian Gates ofDerbent whose...
physical resemblance to Jews and were ignorant of Jewish laws. Rubruck refers Derbent as the "Iron Gate", this also being the meaning ofthe Turkish name (Demir...
Socialist Republic, in Aglabi of the Kullar village council oftheDerbent district lived: Mountain Jews - 165 people (45 households), Turks (Azerbaijanis) -...
Jews from Khanzhalkala gradually moved to Derbent. By the end ofthe 1950s ofthe 20th century, there were no more Mountain Jews left either inthe Kurakhsky...
population, in turn, began to leave the village and move to Derbent. By the 1950s, almost all Mountain Jews left the village. In 1972, the village of Khoshmenzil...
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