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June 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM. Jews in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan in southern Russia say they are determined to regroup and rebuild following a deadly attack by Islamic militants on ...
tokmok .org. Tokmok ( Kyrgyz: Токмок, lit. 'hammer'; Russian: Токмак, romanized : Tokmak) [3] is a city in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek, with a population of 71,443 in 2021. [2] Its elevation is 816 m above sea level. From 2003 to 2006, it was the administrative seat of Chüy Region.
In 1895 there were 436 Jews. There were 2 synagogues. [4] According to the 1897 census, 97 thousand inhabitants lived in the district, among them 2,795 were Jews. Makhachkala (Petrovsk) had 9,753 inhabitants, of which 563 were Jews (5.8%). [4] In 1899 there were 739 Jews here. There was a school at the synagogue (9 male students).
At least 20 people, including an Orthodox priest and several police officers were killed in multiple attacks in the Russian region of Dagestan on Sunday. - Just before 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT ...
On 23 June 2024, a coordinated terrorist attack struck Derbent and Makhachkala in Dagestan, Russia. In Derbent, both a synagogue and an Eastern Orthodox church were targeted with automatic gunfire. Simultaneously, in Makhachkala, a police post was attacked, resulting in the deaths of at least five policemen. [2] [3] [1]
June 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on ...
June 24, 2024 at 8:33 AM. Over the years, Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. This weekend, there was more bloodshed ...
The Kirghiz branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union governed the republic from 1936 until 1990. On 30 October 1990, the Kirghiz SSR was renamed to the Socialist Republic of Kyrgyzstan; on 15 December, after declaring its state sovereignty, it was renamed again to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. On 31 August 1991, it transformed into ...