![]() ![]() The current borders were created with the establishment of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921, with the incorporation of the eastern part of Terek Oblast, which is not mountainous but includes the Tereklittoral at the southern end of the Caspian Depression. īetween 18, Dagestan was referred to as Dagestan Oblast, corresponding to the southeastern part of the present-day republic. Some areas of Dagestan were known as Albania, Lezgistan, Avaria, and Tarkov at various times. The Turkish word dağ means 'mountain', and the Persian suffix -stan means 'land'. The word Dagestan is of Turkish and Persian origin. Russian is the primary official language and the lingua franca among the ethnicities. Ethnic Russians comprise about 3.6% of Dagestan's total population. Largest among the ethnicities are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgian, Laks, Azerbaijani, Tabasaran, and Chechen. With a population of 2,910,249, Dagestan is very ethnically diverse and Russia's most heterogeneous republic, with the largest ethnicity constituting less than 30% of the population. Its capital and largest city is Makhachkala, centrally located on the Caspian Sea coast. ![]() Dagestan ( / ˌ d æ ɡ ɪ ˈ s t æ n, - ˈ s t ɑː n/ Russian: Дагеста́н), officially the Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. ![]()
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