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Lezgistan from map of the Caucasus by Johann Gustav Gaerber (1728) Lezgistan is an ethnic homeland of the Lezgins , as well as the area of distribution of the Lezgin language . [ 1 ]
Lezgins (Lezgian: Лезгияр, romanized: lezgiär or Lezgian: лекьер, romanized: leq'er) [7] are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin language.
Caucasian peoples: Georgians, Persians (in Azerbaijan), Circassians, Tatars, and Ingush The medieval Georgian village of Shatili Ethnic groups inhabiting the Caucasus region The village of Tindi, in Dagestan, in the late 1890s North Caucasian peoples (from left to right): Ossetians, Circassians, Kabardians, and a Chechen
Lezgian, also called Lezgi or Lezgin / ˈ l ɛ z ɡ iː n /, [2] [3] is a Northeast Caucasian language.It is spoken by the Lezgins, who live in southern Dagestan (); northern Azerbaijan; and to a much lesser degree Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan; Turkey, and other countries.
Although many feared that Lezgin demands for the creation of an independent "Lezgistan" would result in another secessionist war in Azerbaijan, these fears have thus far proved to be unwarranted. It currently appears less likely than ever that the Lezgins will resort to any sustained collective action to address their grievances, although ...
Sulak Canyon is one of the world's deepest canyons Kakhib, one of many abandoned auls in Dagestan Abandoned Lezgin village of Grar Rutulian village Luchek. Dagestan (/ ˌ d æ ɡ ɪ ˈ s t æ n,-ˈ s t ɑː n / DAG-i-STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, [a] is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe ...
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1838 map: Colchis, Iberia and Albania. Aghuank (Old Armenian: Աղուանք Ałuankʿ, Modern Armenian: Աղվանք Aġvank’) is the Armenian name for Caucasian Albania. . Armenian authors mention that the name derived from the word "ału" («աղու») meaning amiable in Arme