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Makhachkala, [a] previously known as Petrovskoye [b] (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk [c] (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, [10] is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468.13 square kilometres (180.75 square miles), with a population of over 623,254 ...
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).
Makhachkala is the republic's capital and largest city; other major cities are Derbent, Kizlyar, Izberbash, Kaspiysk, and Buynaksk. Dagestan covers an area of 50,300 square kilometres (19,400 square miles), with a population of over 3.1 million, [ 12 ] consisting of over 30 ethnic groups and 81 nationalities. [ 13 ]
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]
In the 2000s Dagestan had 4 synagogues, of which three were in Makhachkala, Derbent, Buynaksk, one prayer house was in Khasavyurt. In Derbent, there is a Jewish community and the Sephardic synagogue "Kele-Numaz". Also, Vatan, the only newspaper in Russia in the Mountain Jewish language .
In the city of Makhachkala, about 125 km (75 miles) north on the Caspian Sea shore, attackers shot at a traffic police post and attacked a church. Death toll rises to 19 after gunmen attack Russia ...
The Grand Mosque in Makhachkala (Yusuf Bei Cami) is the main mosque of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is supposed to have been patterned after the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The building can accommodate up to 17,000 worshipers. Its construction was financed by Turkey. The mosque was completed and consecrated in 1998.
1937 - "Tanker basin" built. [1] 1939 - Population: 86,836. 1944 - Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of the North Caucasus headquartered in Makhachkala (approximate date). [8] 1946 - Football Club Dynamo Makhachkala formed. 1957 - Dagestan State University established. [6] 1958 - Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts opens.