Lezgistan

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Lezgistan from map of the Caucasus by Johann Gustav Gaerber (1728)

Lezgistan is an ethnic homeland of the

Lezgin language.[1]

Historical toponym

While ancient Greek historians, including

Shirvan against invaders from the north.[4]

Prior to the

Republic of Dagestan.[5]

The first notion of an autonomous Lezgin territory, that is, "Lezgistan", was voiced in 1936 during Joseph Stalin's reign.[6]

Independence projects

After the dissolution of USSR there was an irredentist project to create a unified Lezgistan on

Republic of Dagestan.[7] In December 1991, various Lezgin groups held the All-National Congress of Lezgins. During it, they adopted a declaration calling for the creation of an independent Lezgistan, which would be a national entity uniting the Lezgins of Dagestan and Azerbaijan.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Haspelmath 1993, p. 18.
  2. ^ Haspelmath 1993, p. 17.
  3. ^ Yakut, IV, 364. According to al-Masoudi (Murudzh, II, 5)
  4. ^ VFMinorsky. History of Shirvan. M. 1963
  5. ISBN 0313274975
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  6. S2CID 236600082
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  7. ISBN 978-0892066148
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  8. ^ Minorities at Risk Project, Chronology for Lezgins in Russia, 2004 (accessed 21 September 2011)

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