Akhvakh people

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Akhvakhs
Total population
c. 10,000
Regions with significant populations
 Russia5,282 (2021 census)[1]
 Azerbaijan2,600 (estimate)
Languages
Akhvakh language
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Northeast Caucasian peoples

The Akhvakhs (also known as Akhwakh, Akhvakhtsy or G'akhevalal; ГІахьвалал in

Avars
.

Demographics

The Akvakh live in the

Sunni Muslims.[2] They adopted the religion by the 16th century due to the influence of Sufi missionaries.[3]
They face continued assimilation by the Avars. By the early 1990s it was estimated that about 8,000 people were Akhvakh, although this number includes those who have been fully assimilated as Avars but still recognize that they have Akhvakh ancestry.

They also live in Zagatala, Azerbaijan, the north-western part of Azerbaijan which is bordered on Russia and Georgia. The Akhakhdere ("Axəxdərə" in Azeri language) village is the only village that Akhvakh people live. They don't consider themselves as Avar, though their ID cards contain information about their nationality being "Avar".

Notable Individuals

References

  1. ^ "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  2. ISBN 978-1-136-14274-1
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  3. ISBN 978-1-351-05560-4
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Sources

  • Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1984) pp. 7–8
  • Olson, James S., An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994) pp. 25–26
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