Rutules

This article refers to the people of the Caucasus, for the Latin people see Rutuler .

Settlement area of ​​the Rutules in the Caucasus

The rutul people ( Russian Рутульцы , self-designation мыхабыр ) are the Lesgiern ethnically related Caucasian people in the mountainous south of the Russian republic of Dagestan .

description

The Rutuls represent the indigenous population of the southwestern part of Dagestan and inhabit the counties ( Rajons ) Rutul and Babajurt . As of the 2010 all-Russian census , the total population of Rutulians on the territory of the Russian state was 35,240, including 27,849 in the republic of Dagestan (less than 1% of the population of this republic). In addition to Russia, there are around 40,000 rutules in northern Azerbaijan ( Sheki Rayon ).

The rutul people speak both Russian and the for lesgischen belonging language group Rutul language , which in turn five local dialects has. Most of the rutules are Sunni Muslims . Around two thirds of the rutules still live in rural areas (so-called Auls ) and are employed in agriculture .

The Rutulian people lived in the Caucasus state of Albania in the 1st millennium AD , where they formed a community ( magal ) in the 16th century . Archaeological finds in the mountains of Dagestan indicate an Islamization of the rutules that took place in the 1st millennium at the latest. In 1812 their settlement area became part of the Russian Empire . Like many other mountain peoples in the Caucasus, the Rutuls also participated in the resistance against the Russian authorities in the decades that followed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Excel table 5, line 143 .
2. ^ Results of the 2010 Russian Census , Excel table 7, line 455.
3. ↑ Rutules . Rutulia.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 14, 2018. 
4. ↑ http://analitika.at.ua/news/2008-08-04-1625

Web links

• Entry about the rutules on the "Peoples of Russia" website (Russian)
• The Rutulen and the Gunsiben Report from the radio station "Voice of Russia"