Lgapirkent ( lezg. Lgar ) is an abandoned village in the Ahtynsky district of Dagestan .
| Abandoned village | |
| Lgapirkent | |
|---|---|
| lezg. Lgar, Lehar | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Dagestan |
| Municipal district | Ahtynsky |
| History and geography | |
| Center height | 2173 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 people |
| Nationalities | lezgins |
| Denominations | Sunni Muslims |
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Geography
The village of Lgapirkent is located in the eastern part of the Akhty region, on the northwestern slope of the Shalbuzdag range. Located 14 kilometers from the regional center Ahty . [one]
History
From the XVI century to 1839, the village was part of the Dokuzparinsky free society . In 1839 it became part of the Russian Empire. It refers to the Dokuzparinsky naibstvo of the Samursky District of the Dagestan Region . Together with the villages Khrakh and Ukhul formed the Ukhul rural society. In 1929 he was included in the newly formed Ahtynsky district of the DASSR . Together with the villages Khrakh and Ukhul formed the Ukhulsky village council . [1] In the 1960s, villagers were resettled on a plain.
Population
Before the resettlement, Lezgins lived in the village of Lgapirkent, the Sunni Muslims lived. In 1869, 463 people lived in the village, of which 255 were men, 208 were women. The village consisted of 79 smoke. [2] In 1886, 598 people lived in the village. [3]
Etymology
The name Lgar is associated with the ethnonym "Lege" [4] .
Regarding the origin of the name of the village (Lgar + Pirkent), there is a version that in ancient times a man named Suleiman came from Syria , who until old age was pasturing a flock of Lgapirkants. When he died, the villagers prepared a grave and wanted to bury him. Suddenly, from nowhere, pigeons flew in and in front of everyone they took his body to the mountain Shalbuzdag , where the old man was buried (there is one nuance: the phrase “lifer tuhvana” in the Lezgin language means not only “golobi taken”, but also “ the pigeons were escorted, ”that is, the pigeons could simply“ show the way ”, and the phrase“ tukhvana ”eventually began to be perceived as“ taken by air ”). After that, according to the legend, the village was named Lgapirkent, that is, the village where there is a “feast” - the sanctuary. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Village-ruins - Official site of the municipality "Ahtynsky district" (Not available link) . The date of circulation is June 15, 2012. Archived July 27, 2013.
- ↑ N. I. Voronov "Collection of statistical information on the Caucasus, Volume I"
- ↑ Population of the Dokuzparinsky naibstvo of the Samur region by villages in 1886
- ↑ F.Nagiyev. Onomastics Caucasian Albania