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National Museum of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala. The word Dagestan (sometimes spelled Daghestan) is of Turkish and Persian origin, directly translating to 'Land of the Mountains'. The Turkish word dağ means 'mountain', and the Persian suffix -stan means 'land'. Some areas of Dagestan were known as Lekia, Avaria and Tarki at various ...
The structure of the National Museum includes 7 memorial museums, 2 museums of Military Glory, 30 historical (local history) museums. [1] In 2016, a Cultural and Exhibition Center was opened on the premises of the National Museum of Dagestan, where contemporary art exhibitions are held. [4] The museum periodically hosts thematic exhibitions. [5]
The Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts named after P. S. Gamzatova is a cultural institution, located at Gorky Street, Building 8, in the city of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan, in the North Caucasus of Russia.
This area became known as the Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan (a djamaat is traditional Dagestani political unit consisting of a village or group of villages). [1] The majority of the villagers accepted the radical Wahhabist ideology, and young people from all over Dagestan and the Northern Caucasus arrived in the Djamaat in search of "pure Islam".
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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 ...
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. Officials say five gunmen in the regional capital of Makhachkala and the city of Derbent opened fire at Orthodox churches and two synagogues, as well as a police post ...
The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the North Caucasus Imamate (Arabic: إمامة شمال القوقاز, romanized: Imāmat Shamal al Qawqāz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War, where Russia sought to conquer the Caucasus in order to secure ...