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Makhachkala, [ a ] previously known as Petrovskoye[ b ] (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk[ c ] (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, [ 10 ] is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468.13 square kilometres (180.75 square miles), with a population of over 623,254 ...
Sep 26, 2024 · Dagestan, republic in southwestern Russia. Dagestan lies on the eastern end of the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, along the western shore of the Caspian Sea. The capital is Makhachkala. Dagestan, Russia. Dagestan can be divided into five physical regions. The first, occupying most of the southern half of the republic ...
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Foundation of Makhachkala
For centuries, the Huns, Persians, and Arabs fought for control over the “Dagestan passage” (the passage through the Caucasus Mountains along the western coast of the Caspian Sea). The village of Tarki, located not far from today’s Makhachkala, played an important role in these events. The caravan route to Derbent, one of the most ancient towns in the world, passed through it. Since the Middle Ages, it was known under the name of Inzhi (later Anzhi). In 1844, during the Caucasian War of 1817-...
Makhachkala is the most populated city in the North Caucasian Federal District and the fastest growing large city in Russia. It has become a center of attraction for a lot of people of the North Caucasus, who want to relocate from the countryside. It is one of the few large cities in the country where Russians don’t constitute an absolute ethnic ma...
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala(1991-1995) - the main mosque of the city and one of the symbols of Makhachkala built in the image of the famous Istanbul Blue Mosque with the help of Muslims from Turkey. In 2004-2007, the mosque was reconstructed. Today, the maximum number of parishioners who can simultaneously visit the mosque is 15 thousand people. Th...
Jun 25, 2024 · In the provincial capital Makhachkala, Russian state-news agency TASS reported that a church security guard was killed in a shootout at Svyato-Uspenskiy Sobor, and 19 people had locked themselves ...
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Jun 24, 2024 · Heavy shooting was reported at the Russian Orthodox Assumption Cathedral in Makhachkala. Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee said a counterterrorism operation was launched in Dagestan at 8 ...
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Aug 15, 2023 · The Republic of Dagestan is one of 83 constituent parts of the Russian Federation and is the southernmost part of the country. Makhachkala is about 1,600km (1,000 miles) from Moscow.
Makhachkala (Russian: Махачкала; Lak: Гьанжи; Avar: МахӀачхъала; Lezgian: Магьачкъала; Rutul: МахаӀчкала) is the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, southwestern Russia. [1] As of the 2010 census, the city had 572,076 people living there.
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