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'''Lezgistan''' or '''Lekia''' ({{lang-lez|Лекьи}} ''{{IPA|lek'i}}'') may refer to the following: |
'''Lezgistan''' or '''Lekia''' ({{lang-lez|Лекьи}} ''{{IPA|lek'i}}'') may refer to the following: |
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*an irredentist concept by a [[Sadval (organization)|Sadval]] organisation which aims to create a unified ethno-political entity in the bordering [[Lezgian people|Lezgin]]-inhabited areas of the [[Russian Federation|Russian]] [[Republic of Dagestan]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Radical Islam in the North Caucasus |last=Markedonov |first=Sergey |year=2010 |publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies |isbn=978-0892066148 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Su31pGQLaS8C&pg=PA2 }}</ref> and [[Azerbaijan]]. |
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== Historical concept == |
== Historical concept == |
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Revision as of 22:49, 13 April 2024
Lezgistan or Lekia (Lezgian: Лекьи lek'i) may refer to the following:
Historical concept
While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred to Legoi people who inhabited Caucasian Albania, Arab historians of 9-10th centuries mention the kingdom of Lakz in present-day southern Dagestan.[1] Al Masoudi referred to inhabitants of this area as Lakzams (Lezgins),[2] who defended Shirvan against invaders from the north.[3]
Prior to the Russian Revolution, "Lezgin" was a term applied to all ethnic groups inhabiting the present-day Russian Republic of Dagestan.[4]
The first notion of an autonomous Lezgin territory, that is, "Lezgistan", was voiced in 1936 during Joseph Stalin's reign.[5]
Political concept
After the dissolution of USSR there was an irredentist project to create a unified Lezgistan on Lezgin-inhabited areas of Azerbaijan and Russian Republic of Dagestan.[6]
The Lezgin National Movement, "Sadval" (Unity) was established in July 1990 in Derbent, Dagestan, Russia (then Soviet Union).[7] They demanded the unification of the Lezgin people (in Azerbaijan and Dagestan) because they had been "denied the opportunity to develop their culture" under Soviet rule.[citation needed]
Sadval did not find support ground in Azerbaijan, moreover, it was cited for the March 19, 1994 bomb attack in Baku subway during which 27 people were killed.[8] There was evidence that Armenian Secret Service had participated in the creation of Sadval, provided funding, training and weapons to its militants.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Haspelmath, Martin (1993). A grammar of Lezgian. Walter de Gruyter. p. 17. ISBN 3110137356.
- ^ Yakut, IV, 364. According to al-Masoudi (Murudzh, II, 5)
- ^ VFMinorsky. History of Shirvan. M. 1963
- ^ Olson, James Stuart; Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1994). An Ethnohistorical dictionary of the Russian and Soviet empires. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 438. ISBN 0313274975.
- ^ Sayfutdinova, Leyla (2022). "Ethnic Boundaries and Territorial Borders: On the Place of Lezgin Irredentism in the Construction of National Identity in Azerbaijan". Nationalities Papers. 50 (4): 799. doi:10.1017/nps.2021.3. hdl:10023/23933. S2CID 236600082.
- ^ Markedonov, Sergey (2010). Radical Islam in the North Caucasus. Center for Strategic and International Studies. p. 2. ISBN 978-0892066148.
- ^ Minorities at Risk Project, Chronology for Lezgins in Russia, 2004 (accessed 21 September 2011)
- ^ "Acts of terrorism in Metro in other countries". Pravda. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ Coene, Frederik (2009). The Caucasus: an introduction. Taylor & Francis. p. 161. ISBN 978-0415486606.