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Village Akhty Ахты ( Russian ) Ахцагьар ( Lezghian ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Eighty head Mirsa Tadshibov Earlier names Turi Village since 1839 surface 13  km² population 13,405 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1031 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 1054  m Official language Russian , Lesgian Ethnic composition Greed Composition according to religions Muslim Sunnis Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87263 Post Code 368730-368731 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 206 805 001 Website www.ahty.ru Geographical location Coordinates 41 ° 28 '  N , 47 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 27 '53 "  N , 47 ° 44' 24"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

List of large settlements in Russia

Akhty ( Russian Ахты ; Lezgian Ахцагьар , Achzahar ) is a village (selo) in Dagestan with 13,405 inhabitants (14 October 2010) mainly lesgischer nationality.

geography

Akhty is located in the south of Dagestan, 254 km from Makhachkala and 102 km from the nearest railway station Beliji on the Makhachkala - Baku route at the confluence of Akhty-Chai in the Samur at an altitude of about 1050  m . The village is the administrative center of the Rajons Achtynski and Selsowets (municipality) Selsowet Achtynski.

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  The historic center of Akhty

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  The Akhty Plain on the Samur River

Mineral spring

A mineral spring is located five kilometers southwest on the left bank of the river in the gorge. The Akhtys springs contain hydrogen sulfide , radon , iodine and bromine . The temperature of the springs varies depending on the season and is between 38 ° C and 68 ° C. The health resort of Akhty was built around the springs .

history

The exact date of the establishment of the settlement is unknown. Local historians refer to the middle of the first millennium BC. BC as the most likely period. During the Caucasus War , which the Russian Empire waged with the aim of joining the region from 1817 to 1864, Akhty was taken by Russian troops in 1839. In the same year the Akhty fortress was built. In 1848 the fortress Akhty was defended against the insurgent troops of Imam Shamil . Akhty was the administrative seat of the okrug Samur of the Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire.

In the village there is a monument to Sharvili , a hero of the Lesgian national epic .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	3,190
1939	5,179
1959	5,478
1970	7,189
1979	7,370
1989	7,356
2002	13,152
2010	13,405

Note: census data

Sons and daughters of the village

• Hadschi Akhtynski (1865–1914), poet
• Kasi Mahomed Agassijew (1882–1918), revolutionary
• Mirsa Ali al-Akhty (1771-1858), poet, head of Akhtypara
• Chasbulat Askar-Saryja (1900–1982), sculptor
• Safijat Askarowa (1907–1955), film actress
• Alla Jalilova (1908–1992), ballerina, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater
• Idris Schamchalow (1877–1944), playwright and stage actor, founder of the first modern theater in Dagestan (1906)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ^ History of the district (Russian) ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Achty  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the place (Russian)