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Issue 97
HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ETHNOGRAPHY
UDK: 39/69
EVOLUTION OF HOUSE-BUILDING OF LEZGINS IN THE NEW, SOVIET AND MODERN TIMES: TRANSFORMATION OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF HOUSING
SEFERBEKOV Ruslan Ibragimovich,
RAZAKHANOV Said S.
Based on field ethnographic material collected by the authors in various economic-cultural areas of Southern Daghestan and literary sources, using specialized ethnological (observation) and general scientific historical methods (historical-comparative, typological, periodization, retrospective), the article provides a description of the residential and economic complex of the Lezgins in the Modern, Soviet, and Contemporary periods across different historical epochs. The main building materials, number of floors, facade, roof shape, room purposes, interior, courtyard, outbuildings, and their changes in different historical periods are studied. The authors conclude that transformations in the dwelling and economic complex are linked to changes in the country's socio-political system, which directly or indirectly impacts it. The greatest changes in the dwelling occurred in the Soviet and Contemporary periods. These are associated with the emergence of new construction and finishing materials and an increase in the standard of living and quality of life. The modern Lezgin housing across all economic-cultural areas of Daghestan lacks zonal, canonical, and ethno-differentiating features and is oriented toward urban standards of comfort and prestige. It is a solid one-, one-and-a-half, and two-story homestead-type building with a large courtyard and adjacent territory, where living and utility rooms occupy the entire house, and outbuildings are located outside the dwelling.
Pages: 72 - 79
Date: 30.08.2025