Upper Arag
Ашага-Араг
Village
Upper Arag is located in Republic of Dagestan
Upper Arag
Upper Arag
Upper Arag is located in Russia
Upper Arag
Upper Arag
Coordinates: 41°38′30″N 48°08′52″E / 41.64167°N 48.14778°E / 41.64167; 48.14778
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Dagestan
DistrictSuleyman-Stalsky District
Population
 • Total0

Upper Arag (Old Arag), also known as Juhuro-Arag (Lezgian: Вани Араг; Russian: Ашага-Араг[1]) is an abandoned Lezgin aul in the Suleyman-Stalsky District of Dagestan.

Geography

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

History

Juhuro-Arag is an ancestral village of the Aragar clan.

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

The Mountain Jews villages in the foothill zone were usually located in fertile gorges along the roads that connected the highlands with the plains. As a rule, the inhabitants were engaged in agriculture, crafts, and trade. Trade with some of the gorges was almost entirely in the hands of the Mountain Jews. The inhabitants supplied almost all villages in the Kurakhsky Gorge and Upper Tabasaransky with goods.[7]

In the first half of the 20th century Arag’s Mountain Jews gradually moved to Derbent. By the end of the 1950s, no Mountain Jews were left in either the Kurakhsky or Tabasaransky villages. The 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. 1 2 "Semnov1". berkovich-zametki.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
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