Andi, Republic of Dagestan

Andi is a large village in the Botlikh region in Dagestan, Russia

Andi

Андй
Village
Coordinates: 41°41′N 23°50′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectDagestan
DistrictBotlikh
Population
 (2010[1])
  Total5,591
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal Code
368983

Geographical location

Located 14 km north-east of the village Botlikh.

Population

The villagers are Andis[2] (censuses may be marked as Avars). Before the deportation, a large number of Chechens lived there, including the Kharchievs,[3] Sultanovs, Izrailovs, Makhmudovs, Mamaevs, Musalaevs, Apraev-Mamedov, Valiev, Gelegaev, Guchigov, Abdukerimov, Gelichaev, Mamedkhanov.

Language

The villagers speak the Andi language. In 1981, a linguistic expedition Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University was led by A. E. Kibrika.[4]

Famous natives

  • Khizri Amirkanovich Amirkhanov — Soviet and Russian archaeologist, a specialist in the Paleolithic of the Caucasus and the Middle East.
  • Murtzali Rasulovich Kazanalipov — fighter of the self-defense detachment of his native village, Hero of the Russian Federation (1999, posthumous).
  • Umakhan Magomedgadzhievich Umakhanov – deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation.

Notes

  1. 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Table No. 11.
  2. Koryakov YB (2002). "9. Dagestanian languages: West". Atlas of the Caucasian Languages. Atlas of the Languages of the World. M.: Institute of Linguistics RAS. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007.
  3. Lists of victims: Kharchievs
  4. Vladimir Borshchev. Expedition to Andi, August 1981 (memories)

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