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The Jewish community of Derbent, a city in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, is the oldest in the North Caucasus and dates back to the 7th century. [1] [2] [3] A large influx of Jewish immigrants occurred during the Russian Civil War (1917-1923). Most Derbent Jews immigrated from the mountain and steppe villages of the northern Caucasus.
On 23 June 2024, coordinated attacks were launched in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the Russian republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. [6] [7] Two synagogues, two Eastern Orthodox churches, and a traffic police post were attacked simultaneously [8] [9] with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails. [10]
The name Dagestan historically refers to the eastern Caucasus, taken by the Russian Empire in 1860 and renamed the Dagestan Oblast. The current, more autonomous Republic of Dagestan covers a much larger territory, established in 1921 as the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, by the inclusion of the eastern part of the Terek Oblast .
Over the years, Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. Officials say five gunmen in the regional capital of Makhachkala ...
On this special day, 66-year-old Father Nikolai was in church in the city of Derbent, Dagestan. Located in Russia’s North Caucasus region, Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim republic. But ...
June 24, 2024 at 5:30 AM. By Guy Faulconbridge. MOSCOW (Reuters) -The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 19 ...
Portal. v. t. e. 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.
Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs, a full-face veil with an opening for the eyes, as a security measure following deadly attacks by ...