Gunib

Village Gunib Гуниб Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Gunibski population 2271 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Official language Russian , Avar Ethnic composition Avars, Russians Composition according to religions Islam, Christianity Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87258 Post Code 368340 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 216 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 23 '  N , 46 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 23 '12 "  N , 46 ° 57' 52"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Gunib ( Russian Гуниб ) is a village ( Aul , officially Selo ) in Gunibsky Raion of the North Caucasian Republic of Dagestan in the Russian Federation . It has 2271 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Gunib is located at the foot of a plateau, also called Gunib Mountain , at a distance of 172 kilometers from the republic capital Makhachkala at an altitude of about 1500 meters above sea level.

The hydroelectric power station of the same name on the Karakoisu River can be seen from the village .

• 

  Look at Gunib

• 

  Gunib from the direction of Keger (around 1860)

• 

  Photograph of the Arakani by Sergei Prokudin-Gorski (1904)

• 

  Painting of Auls Gunib by Iwan Aivazovsky (1869)

history

The natural fortress that the plateau above Gunib offers was the last place of retreat of Imam Shamil during the Caucasus War . Only on August 25, 1859, the fortress was stormed by the Russian troops .

Gunib received numerous mentions in literature and painting; these include the well-known pictures by Aivazovsky . The writer Alissa Ganijewa comes from Gunib; some of their stories take place here.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	685
1939	833
1959	1669
1970	1908
1979	1980
1989	2405
2002	2406
2010	2271

Note: census data

economy

Gunib is considered a mountain air health resort ; There is a hotel on the main square of the village. On the plateau above the village there is a holiday camp as well as holiday apartments and a botanical garden .

Sons and daughters of Gunib

• Olga Forsch (1873–1961), Russian writer and communist
• Artschil Kereselidze (1912–1971), Soviet-Georgian composer

Web links

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

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)