Upper Arag


Upper Arag (Old Arag), it's also known as Juhuro-Arag (Lezgian: Вани Араг[1]) - abandoned Lezgins aul in the Suleyman-Stalsky District of Dagestan.

Upper Arag
Верхний Араг
Village
Upper Arag
Upper Arag
Coordinates: 41°38′31.2″N 48°04′53.4″E
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Dagestan
DistrictSuleyman-Stalsky District
Population
 • Total0

Etymology

"Arag" is a proper name.

Geography

The village is located in the foothills of the Suleiman Stalsky district.[2][3][4][5]

History

An ancestral village of the consanguinity (clan) - "aragar".

In the 17th-19th centuries, the Mountain Jews population of Dagestan was concentrated in mountain settlements.[6]

The Mountain Jews villages of the foothill zone were usually located in fertile gorges - along the roads that connected the Dagestan highlands with the plains. As a rule, the inhabitants of these villages were engaged not only in agriculture or crafts, but also in trade. Trade with some of the Dagestan gorges was almost entirely in the hands of the Mountain Jews. The inhabitants of the villages of Arag supplied almost all villages of the Kurakhsky Gorge and Upper Tabasaransky with goods.[7]

In the first half of the XX century Arag’s Mountain Jews gradually moved to Derbent. By the end of the 1950s of the 20th century, there were no more Mountain Jews left either in the Kurakhsky or in the Tabasaransky villages. Currently, the Mountain Jews cemeteries have been preserved.[7]

References

Citations
  1. Х. Шайдабегова. Са касни, са затӏни рикӏелай алудзавач // Лезги газет. - 2011. - Вып. 11 (10448) (17 марта).
  2. Excursion to historical places. Arag village
  3. ЮХАРИ-АРАГ (ВИНИ-АРАГ)
  4. Settlement of Mountain Jews in the 19th - early 21st centuries
  5. Arag village
  6. Hana Rafael. Mountain Jews in the mountains of Dagestan
  7. Igor Semenov. Mountain Jews of the Northern Caucasus and Dagestan
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