Dagestan is divided into forty-one administrative districts (raions) and ten cities/towns. The districts are further subdivided into nineteen urban-type settlements, and 363 rural okrugs and stanitsa okrugs.

Gamsutl is a picturesque Avar village located on top of Mount Gamsutlmeer, in Gunibsky district of Dagestan. This village is one of the oldest settlements on the territory of the republic.

Russian remote villages We visited KHUTLAB, remote old village in mountains in Dagestan. There people still lead the old way of life, cooking traditional food, doing handicrafts and celebrating...

This is a list of rural localities in Dagestan. Dagestan ( Russian : Дагеста́н ), officially the Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н ), is a federal subject (a republic ) of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region.

Here, you’ll find Europe’s deepest canyon, spectacular waterfalls, ancient mountain villages, rugged coastal stretches, and much more. Dagestan is home to over 30 ethnic groups and is a vibrant melting pot of various traditions, languages, and customs that have been preserved over the …

Mar 15, 2021 · Thousands of young people are fleeing Dagestan's isolated mountain villages in a bid for a better life in towns and cities. But can the region's rich culture be used to lure paying guests and livelihoods to these diverse enclaves — before it’s too late? A sea of abandoned sandstone buildings spreads across a bold mountain cliff.

Gamsutl (Russian: Гамсутль, romanized: Gamsutl'; Avar: Гъамсукь, romanized: Ghamsuk) is a ghost town in the Gunibsky district of Dagestan, Russia, that lies on Mount Gamsutlmeer at an altitude of roughly 1,400 meters above sea level.

Jul 15, 2023 · Dagestan is located in the north-eastern part of the Caucasus. On the east the territory of the republic is washed by the Caspian Sea. South and middle part of the region is occupied by mountains and foothills of the Greater Caucasus, the …

Old Kahib — Watchtowers, mysterious symbols, stone labyrinths of ancient buildings. This is not the scenery for a film based on Tolkien, this is Kahib — a village of hardworking masons who honor their history. The village of Kahib is located 160 kilometers from city Makhachkala.

May 21, 2010 · An Islamist insurgency is raging in Russia's North Caucasus region, particularly in Dagestan, Ingushetia and neighbouring Chechnya, site of two separatist wars with Moscow since the mid-1990s.