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Derbent Synagogue
Makhachkala Synagogue

Judaism in Dagestan is mainly practiced by Mountain Jews. By the beginning of the 8th century BCE Mountain Jews had reached Persia from Israel.[1] Under the Sasanian Empire, with the arrival in Dagestan of Iranian-speaking tribes from the north, they settled in different regions of the Caucasus.[2]

According to the 2002 census, there were 3.4 thousand Jews in Dagestan (in Makhachkala - 430 Jews (0.08%), Mountain Jews - 61 people (0.01%). [3]

  1. ^ Goluboff, Sascha (Mar 6, 2012). Jewish Russians: Upheavals in a Moscow Synagogue. University of Pennsylvania. p. 125. ISBN 978-0812202038.
  2. ^ Абдулаева И. А. Моральная система ценностей в авраамистических религиях на примере традиционных черт иудаизма в Дагестане // Наука и современность. 2011. №8-3.
  3. ^ Халидова О. Б. Евреи на постсоветском религиозном пространстве Дагестана: особенности и проблемы в национальном регионе //Религиоведение. – 2020. – №. 4. – С. 95-101.

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