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About Kumukh
Kumukh (Russian: Кумух; Lak: Гъумук), also known as Gazi Kumukh, is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan. It is located on the banks of the Kazikumukh Koysu, a branch of the Sulak River.
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History
Kumukh is the historical center of the Lak people and existed before they converted to Islam. The first reliable information about Kumukh dates to the 6th century when Kumukh was part of Sassanid Empire. In 734 Kumukh became part of the Arab caliphate. General and historian Vasily Potto wrote: "The Arabs have put someone named Shah-Bal the ruler of the Laks". In 778 the construction of the first mosque was completed in Kumukh and Islam got established in Lakia. Gazi-Kumukh had been in the past a large trading and political center of Dagestan and capital of Gazikumukh Khanate. During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Kazikumukhsky Okrug.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 84 km away.
- Vachi 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
- Kuli 20 km southeast, about 20 min by car
- Akusha 22 km northeast, about 22 min by car
- Usisha 25 km east, about 25 min by car
- Tsurib 24 km west, about 24 min by car
- Gunib 27 km northwest, about 27 min by car
- Khadzhalmakhi 28 km north, about 28 min by car
- Buynaksk 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Izberbash 76 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kaspiysk 90 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Могила Магомеда Убри и его сына, Asiyat Akhmedova, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Могила Магомеда Убри, Asiyat Akhmedova, CC BY-SA 4.0
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