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HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
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FROM THE HISTORY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES OF MOUNTAINOUS DAGHESTAN: TSILITL VILLAGE OF THE GUMBETOVSKY DISTRICT
KHAPIZOV Shakhban Magomedovich
The article is devoted to an attempt to form a methodology and tools for reconstructing the processes of formation of rural communities in Mountainous Daghestan. This study was carried out on the example of Tsilitl’ settlement of the Gumbetovsky district of Daghestan. The process of formation of the settlement has been traced with the use of archaeological research materials, supplemented by oral traditional ways of transmission information as well as from epigraphic and written sources. Also studied has been its historical development until the beginning of the twentieth century. Based on genealogical schemes and oral traditions, the migration processes due to which migrants from various settlements of Mountainous Daghestan used to settle in Tsilitl’ have been described. These processes are shown on the basis of the tukhum structure of a certain rural community and the origin of each patronimia. Much attention is paid to the geographical description of Tsilitl’. The article presents archive documents of the 19th century, testifying that this community owns vast territories on the northern slope of the Andi range, which are now part of the territory of the Nozhayurtovsky region of the Chechen Republic.
Pages: 17 - 33
Date: 15.02.2021