Kutan (plural number of kutans ) - in the original, narrow sense of the word, the shepherds' camp in the winter pasture. At present, it is a settlement administratively included in a mountainous region, but located on a plain, in a zone of livestock breeding . It may consist of one to several tens and hundreds of households. Often they do not have an official status or name, but over time they can receive the official status of a rural settlement and name (for example, the village of Zarechnoye (Kizlyar district) - the former kutan of the khl named after Shaumyan).
Widespread in Dagestan .
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History
Kutans began to form after the establishment of Soviet power. For the development of mountain areas and livestock breeding in them, sheep and collective farms and state farms were given land on the plain for winter cattle driving. Parking lots for shepherds were created on the allotted land, consisting of one or two houses and farm buildings. Over time, part of the population (or the entire population) of the mountain village (village) moved to the plain and formed a large settlement. The territories allocated for livestock breeding were often located on the lands of the former Kumyk , Russian , German and Chechen villages and farms, the former population of which was evicted or left them of their own free will. Therefore, the former names of these settlements are often assigned to the Kutans: Poltavka, Kazi-Yurt, Sprengel, etc.
Etymology
The word "kutan" comes from the Kumyk "kyotan", the place of the permanent location of shepherds and flocks of sheep, in contrast to the " kosh ", which could move to other places, to new pastures. [1] .
Note
- ↑ Bammatov B. Orthologist. next godfather. lang M-la. 2005.
See also
- Settlement
- Kutana