Andi, Republic of Dagestan
Andi
Анди | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 41°41′N 23°50′E / 41.683°N 23.833°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Dagestan |
| District | Botlikh |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 5,591 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Postal Code | 368983 |
Andi is a large village in the Botlikh region in Dagestan, Russia
Geographical location
[edit]Located 14 km north-east of the village Botlikh.
Population
[edit]The villagers are Andis[2] (censuses may be marked as Avars). Before the deportation, a large number of Chechens lived there, including the Kharchievs,[3] Sultanovs, Izrailovs, Makhmudovs, Mamaevs, Musalaevs, Apraev-Mamedov, Valiev, Gelegaev, Guchigov, Abdukerimov, Gelichaev, Mamedkhanov.
Language
[edit]The villagers speak the Andi language. In 1981, a linguistic expedition Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University was led by A. E. Kibrika.[4]
Famous natives
[edit]- Khizri Amirkanovich Amirkhanov — Soviet and Russian archaeologist, a specialist in the Paleolithic of the Caucasus and the Middle East.
- Murtzali Rasulovich Kazanalipov — fighter of the self-defense detachment of his native village, Hero of the Russian Federation (1999, posthumous).
- Umakhan Magomedgadzhievich Umakhanov – deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "2010 All-Russian Population Census. Table No. 11". Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Koryakov YB (2002). "9. Dagestanian languages: West". Atlas of the Caucasian Languages. Atlas of the Languages of the World. M.: Institute of Linguistics RAS. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007.
- ^ Lists of victims: Kharchievs
- ^ Vladimir Borshchev. Expedition to Andi, August 1981 (memories)
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