Rutul people
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| Total population | |
| c. 120,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
| 34,259 (2021)[2] |
 Azerbaijan | 17,000 (~2000) - 40,000[3][4] |
 Ukraine | 137 (2001)[5] |
 Georgia | 103 (1989)[6] |
| Languages | |
| Rutul, Russian, Azerbaijani | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Northeast Caucasian-speaking peoples Especially Tsakhurs | |
Rutulians,farming, and gardening.
Geography
Most of the Rutulians live in the Rutulsky District of Dagestan. According to the 2010 census, 35,240 Rutulians lived in Russia.
Rutulian villages in Russia: Rutul, Luchek, Ikhrek, Myukhrek, Amsar, Kina, Vrush, Jilikhur, Kala, Pilek, Shinaz, Khnyukh, Natsma, Fartma, Kufa, Fuchukh, Kiche, Una, Tsudik, Aran, Rybalko, Borch, New Borch, Khnov, Chude
Rutulian villages and cities in Azerbaijan: Sheki (Nukha), Shin, Shorsu, Goybulaq, Kish, Dashyuz, Aydinbulakh, Baltali, Incha, Kudurlu, Boyuk Dahna, Khirsa
Religion
The Rutuls adhere to
Hijra
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Economics
The inhabitants led a sedentary lifestyle, engaged in horse breeding, transhumance sheep breeding, weapons manufacturing, blacksmithing, ceramics and hunting.[9]
Notable Rutuls
- Gasret Aliev- a Hero of Soviet Union, 1st secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Rutul from 1957 to 1961
- Ulfat Idlibi - writer
- İbrahim Şinasi - founder of Turkish dramaturgy
- Saniyat Ganachueva - first Russian world champion in women's freestyle wrestling
- Vadim Musaev - professional boxer
- Ismayil Daghistanli - Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actor and pedagogue
- Seyfula Magomedov - taekwondo practitioner, the first ever 4-time European Taekwondo Champion
See also
Notes
- ^ "Rutuls". rutulia.com.
- ^ a b "Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ "Rutuls". Rutulia.
- ^ Rutuls in Azerbayjan
- ^ &n_page=4 State statistics committee of Ukraine - National composition of population, 2001 census (Ukrainian)
- ^ Перепись в Грузии 1989 года - Census in Georgia, 1989
- ISBN 5-89476-014-3. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ Vuchetich N. G.: "Chetyre mesyatsa v Dagestane" (Four months in Dagestan), "Caucasus" No.72 Tiflis, 1864.
- ^ "Советская этнография", Publisher: Изд-во Академии наук, 1953, page 31
External links
- Folk Songs and Dances of the Rutuls of Azerbaijan
- rutulia.com — Rutul national website.
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