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href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Jewish_community" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jewish_community"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Jewish community</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jewish_community-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Museums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Museums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Theaters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theaters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Theaters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theaters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citadel_of_Derbend" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citadel_of_Derbend"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Citadel of Derbend</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citadel_of_Derbend-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religious_monuments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_monuments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Religious monuments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religious_monuments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mosques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mosques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Mosques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mosques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Churches" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">6.9</span> <span>Lighthouse</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lighthouse-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Twin towns – sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="دربند (روسيا) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دربند (روسيا)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Дербенд – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Дербенд" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C9%99rb%C9%99nd" title="Dərbənd – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dərbənd" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87)" title="دربند (روسیه) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دربند (روسیه)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6" title="দারবান্দ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দারবান্দ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B1%D3%99%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дәрбәнт – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Дәрбәнт" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дзербент – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дзербент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent_(lungsod)" title="Derbent (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Derbent (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Ντερμπέντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ντερμπέντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87)" title="دربند (روسیه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دربند (روسیه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Аьшка наӀараш – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Аьшка наӀараш" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%BB%D1%81%D0%BD" title="Дербент балһсн – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Дербент балһсн" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EB%A5%B4%EB%B2%A4%ED%8A%B8" title="데르벤트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데르벤트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4" title="Դերբենդ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դերբենդ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98" title="דרבנט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דרבנט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="დერბენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დერბენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_(%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD)" title="Дербент (Дагестан) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Дербент (Дагестан)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дарбант – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Дарбант" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbentum" title="Derbentum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Derbentum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbenta" title="Derbenta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Derbenta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Кьвевар – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кьвевар" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbentas" title="Derbentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Derbentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D" title="ദർബന്ദ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദർബന്ദ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC)" title="دربند (تجمع سكان فى ديربينت وربان اوكروج) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دربند (تجمع سكان فى ديربينت وربان اوكروج)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent_(stad)" title="Derbent (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Derbent (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88" title="デルベント – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デルベント" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darband" title="Darband – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Darband" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF" title="دربند – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دربند" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent_(Rosja)" title="Derbent (Rosja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Derbent (Rosja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbente" title="Derbente – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Derbente" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent_(Rusyjo)" title="Derbent (Rusyjo) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Derbent (Rusyjo)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дербент – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дербент" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Derbent" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B1%D3%99%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Дәрбәнт – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Дәрбәнт" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_(%D0%94%D0%BE%D2%93%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Дарбанд (Доғистон) – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Дарбанд (Доғистон)" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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org">Derbent</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">Дербент</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of inhabited localities in Russia">City</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Lezgin</th><td class="infobox-data">Цал (Tsal), Кьвевар (Kwevar), Дербенn (Derbent)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Azerbaijani</th><td class="infobox-data">Дәрбәнд (Dərbənd)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Dargwa</th><td class="infobox-data">Чяли</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td 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.locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Derbent is located in Republic of Dagestan"><img alt="Derbent is located in Republic of Dagestan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg/250px-Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg/375px-Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg/500px-Russia_Dagestan_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1064" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.82%;left:89.616%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derbent"><img alt="Derbent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Derbent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Derbent in Dagestan</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Republic of Dagestan</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Russia_location_map_(2014%E2%80%932022,_Crimea_disputed).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Derbent is located in European Russia"><img alt="Derbent is located in European Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/250px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/375px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/500px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1558" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:93.762%;left:66.142%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derbent"><img alt="Derbent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Derbent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Derbent in European Russia</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of European Russia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Derbent is located in Caspian Sea"><img alt="Derbent is located in Caspian Sea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="498" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Caspian_Sea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1794" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.709%;left:25.432%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derbent"><img alt="Derbent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Derbent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Derbent near the Caspian Sea</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Caspian Sea</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Derbent is located in Caucasus Mountains"><img alt="Derbent is located in Caucasus Mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/250px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/375px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/500px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="898" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.857%;left:75.398%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derbent"><img alt="Derbent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Derbent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Derbent near the Caucasus mountains</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Caucasus Mountains</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia_administrative_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Derbent is located in Russia"><img alt="Derbent is located in Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/250px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/375px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/500px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:77.126%;left:8.117%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Derbent"><img alt="Derbent" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:4px;left:-3em"><div>Derbent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Derbent in Russia</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Russia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Derbent&params=42_3_28_N_48_17_20_E_type:city(119200)_region:RU"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°3′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">48°17′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.05778°N 48.28889°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.05778; 48.28889</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Federal subject</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">438</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City status since</th><td class="infobox-data">1840</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Akhmed Abduseinovich Kuliev</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">69.63 km<sup>2</sup> (26.88 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">119,200</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Russia_by_population" title="List of cities and towns in Russia by population">137th</a> in 2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,700/km<sup>2</sup> (4,400/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Administrative status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Subordinated to</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">City</a> of Derbent<sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">City of Derbent,<sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Derbentsky_District" title="Derbentsky District">Derbentsky District</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Municipal status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Urban okrug</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Derbent Urban Okrug<sup id="cite_ref-Ref416_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref416-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Derbent Urban Okrug,<sup id="cite_ref-Ref416_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref416-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Derbentsky Municipal District</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118?uselang=en#P421" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-vremeni_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vremeni-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Russia" title="Postal codes in Russia">Postal code(s)</a><sup id="cite_ref-PostalCode_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PostalCode-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">368600</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Russia" title="Telephone numbers in Russia">Dialing code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+7 87240</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OKTMO" title="OKTMO">OKTMO</a> ID</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">82710000001</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.derbent.org/">www<wbr />.derbent<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg/250px-Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg/375px-Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg/500px-Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="5600" /></a><figcaption>Derbent is at the foot of the snow-capped <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a>, seen here in a photo taken by the <a href="/wiki/Moderate-Resolution_Imaging_Spectroradiometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer">MODIS</a> on the orbiting <a href="/wiki/Terra_(satellite)" title="Terra (satellite)">Terra satellite</a>, June 2003</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Derbent</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Дербе́нт</span>; <a href="/wiki/Lezgian_language" title="Lezgian language">Lezgian</a>: <span lang="lez">Цал, Кьвевар, Дербент</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Lezgian-language romanization"><i lang="lez-Latn">Tsal, Kwevar, Derbent</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Avar_language" title="Avar language">Avar</a>: <span lang="av">Дербенд</span>; <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <span lang="az" style="font-style: normal;">Дәрбәнд</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Azerbaijani" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Azerbaijani">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Azerbaijani-language romanization"><i lang="az-Latn">Dərbənd</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Rutul_language" title="Rutul language">Rutul</a>: <i lang="rut">Derbend</i>), formerly <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a> as <b>Derbend</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, located on the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. It is the southernmost city in Russia, and it is the second-most important city of Dagestan. Derbent occupies the narrow gateway between the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a> connecting the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Steppe" title="Eurasian Steppe">Eurasian Steppe</a> to the north and the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Plateau">Iranian Plateau</a> to the south; covering an area of 69.63 square kilometres (26.88 sq mi), with a population of roughly 120,000 residents. </p><p>Derbent claims to be the oldest city in Russia, with historical documentation dating to the <a href="/wiki/8th_century_BC" title="8th century BC">8th century BC</a>, making it <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities" title="List of oldest continuously inhabited cities">one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its strategic location, over the course of history, the city changed ownership many times, particularly among the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran">Persian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Arab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shirvanshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirvanshah">Shirvan</a> kingdoms. In the 19th century, the city passed from <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Persian</a> into <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> hands by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a> of 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derbent is derived from <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> "<i>Darband</i>" (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">دربند</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Door/opening in a Barrier', from <i>dar</i> "door/gate" + <i>band</i> "barrier/dam", lit., "gate in the barrier"<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), referring to the eastern-most pass in the high <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a> (whence the putative "barrier/dam") on the beaches of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. (The other pass, the <a href="/wiki/Darial_Pass" class="mw-redirect" title="Darial Pass">Darial Pass</a>, is in the Central Caucasus Mountains, and likewise carries a Persian name, standing for "the Alan Pass/gate" –  with the <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a> being the modern <a href="/wiki/Iranic" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranic">Iranic</a> <a href="/wiki/Ossetians" title="Ossetians">Ossetians</a>.) </p><p>It is often identified with the <a href="/wiki/Gates_of_Alexander" title="Gates of Alexander">Gates of Alexander</a>, a legendary barrier supposedly built by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>. The Persian name for the city came into use at the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 6th century AD, when the city was re-established by <a href="/wiki/Kavadh_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavadh I of Persia">Kavadh I</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid</a> dynasty of Persia, but Derbent was probably already in the Sasanian sphere of influence as a result of the victory over the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthians</a> and the conquest of <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a>, the second shah of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid</a> Persians.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The geographical treatise <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ahrest%C4%81n%C4%ABh%C4%81_%C4%AB_%C4%92r%C4%81n%C5%A1ahr" title="Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr">Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr</a> written in <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a> mentions the old name of the fortress – <i>Wērōy-pahr</i> (The Georgian Guard): </p> <blockquote> <p>šahrestan [ī] kūmīs [ī] panj-burg až-i dahāg pad šabestān kard. māniš [ī] *pārsīgān ānōh būd. padxwadayīh [ī] yazdgird ī šabuhrān kard andar tāzišn ī čōl wērōy-pahr [ī] an ālag. (The city of Kūmīs of five towers Aži Dahag made it his own harem. The abode of the Parthians was there. In the reign of Yazdgird, the son of Šabuhr made it during the invasion of the Čōl, at the boundary of the Georgian Guard.).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>-Wėrōy-pahr: "The Georgian Guard" The old name of the fortress at Darband;...<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>In Arabic texts the city was known as "<i>Bāb al-Abwāb</i>" (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بَاب ٱلْأَبْوَاب</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Gate of all Gates'),<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> simply as "<i>al-Bāb</i>" (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ٱلْبَاب</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'The Gate') or as "<i>Bāb al-Hadid</i>" (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بَاب ٱلْحَدِيد</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Gate of Iron').<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar name meaning "Iron Gate" was used by Turkic peoples, in the form "<i>Demirkapi</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Derband.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Derband.jpg/220px-Derband.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Derband.jpg/330px-Derband.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Derband.jpg/440px-Derband.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="338" /></a><figcaption>View of the city from the citadel of <a href="/wiki/Naryn-Kala" title="Naryn-Kala">Naryn-Kala</a>, 1910s</figcaption></figure> <p>Derbent's location on a narrow, three-kilometer strip of land in the <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a> between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains is strategic in the entire <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> region. Historically, this position allowed the rulers of Derbent to control land traffic between the <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Steppe" title="Eurasian Steppe">Eurasian Steppe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. The only other practicable crossing of the Caucasus ridge was over the <a href="/wiki/Darial_Gorge" title="Darial Gorge">Darial Gorge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Persian_rule">Persian rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Persian rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/220px-%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/330px-%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/440px-%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2_%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Derbent is renowned for its Medieval fortress, <a href="/wiki/Naryn-Kala" title="Naryn-Kala">Naryn-Kala</a>, a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Derbent_winter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Derbent_winter.jpg/220px-Derbent_winter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Derbent_winter.jpg/330px-Derbent_winter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Derbent_winter.jpg/440px-Derbent_winter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>Derbent's fortress during winter</figcaption></figure> <p>A traditionally and historically <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> city,<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.nl_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.nl-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first intensive settlement in the Derbent area dates from the 8th century BC; the site was intermittently controlled by the Persian monarchs, starting from the 6th century BC. Until the 4th century AD, it was part of <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a> which <a href="/wiki/Albania_(satrapy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania (satrapy)">was a satrapy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Persian</a> Empire, and is traditionally identified with Albana, the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern name is a <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> word (<span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl">دربند</span></span> <i>Darband</i>) meaning "gateway", which came into use in the end of the 5th or the beginning of the 6th century AD, when the city was re-established by <a href="/wiki/Kavadh_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavadh I of Persia">Kavadh I</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid</a> dynasty of Persia,<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Derbent was probably already into the Sasanian sphere of influence as a result of the victory over the Parthians and the conquest of Caucasian Albania by <a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a>, the second shah of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid</a> Persians.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 5th century Derbent also functioned as a border fortress and the seat of a Sassanid <a href="/wiki/Marzban" title="Marzban">marzban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 20-meter-high (66 ft) walls with thirty north-looking towers are believed to belong to the time of Kavadh's son, <a href="/wiki/Khosrau_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khosrau I of Persia">Khosrau I</a>, who also directed the construction of Derbent's fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Jews_of_Khazatia_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Jews_of_Khazatia-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some say that the level of the Caspian was formerly higher and that the lowering of the water level opened an invasion route that had to be fortified.<sup id="cite_ref-Robert_H._Hewsen_2001,_page_89_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robert_H._Hewsen_2001,_page_89-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chronicler <a href="/wiki/Movses_Kaghankatvatsi" title="Movses Kaghankatvatsi">Movses Kaghankatvatsi</a> wrote about "the wondrous walls, for whose construction the Persian kings exhausted our country, recruiting architects and collecting building materials with a view of constructing a great edifice stretching between the Caucasus Mountains and the Great Eastern Sea". Derbent became a strong military outpost and harbour of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid Empire</a>. During the 5th and 6th centuries, Derbent also became an important center for spreading the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> faith in the Caucasus. </p><p>During periods when the Sasanians were distracted by war with the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine–Sasanian wars">Byzantines</a> or protracted battles with the Hephthalites in the eastern provinces, the northern tribes succeeded in advancing into the Caucasus. The first Sasanian attempt to seal off the road along the Caspian seacoast at Darband by means of a mud-brick wall has been dated in the reign of <a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_II" title="Yazdegerd II">Yazdegerd II</a> (438–457 AD).<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Movses Kagankatvatsi left a graphic description of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Perso-Turkic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Perso-Turkic War">sack of Derbent</a> by the hordes of <a href="/wiki/Tong_Yabghu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tong Yabghu">Tong Yabghu</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western Turkic Khaganate</a> in 627. His successor,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As mentioned by the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Iranica" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia Iranica">Encyclopedia Iranica</a></i>, ancient Iranian language elements were absorbed into the everyday speech of the population of Dagestan and Derbent especially during the Sassanian era, and many remain current.<sup id="cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAGESTAN-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, a deliberate policy of “<a href="/wiki/Persianisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Persianisation">Persianizing</a>” Derbent and the eastern Caucasus, in general, can be traced over many centuries, from Khosrow I to the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid</a> shahs <a href="/wiki/Ismail_I" title="Ismail I">Ismail I</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Abbas_the_Great" title="Abbas the Great">ʿAbbās the Great</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAGESTAN-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the account in the later "Darband-nāma", after construction of the fortifications Khosrow I “moved much folk here from Persia”,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> relocating about 3,000 families from the interior of Persia in the city of Derbent and neighboring villages.<sup id="cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAGESTAN-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This account seems to be corroborated by the <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Spanish Arab</a> Ḥamīd Moḥammad Ḡarnāṭī, who reported in 1130 that Derbent was populated by many ethnic groups, including a large Persian-speaking population.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arab_conquest">Arab conquest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arab conquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 643, Derbent was captured by the Arab Muslims, who called it the Gate of Gates (<i>Bab al-Abwab</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia" title="Muslim conquest of Persia">their invasion of Persia</a>. They transformed it into an important administrative center and introduced <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> to the area. The impression of antiquity evoked by these fortifications led many Arab historians to connect them with <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_I" title="Khosrow I">Khosrow I</a> and to include them among the seven wonders of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Darband fortress was certainly the most prominent Sasanian defensive construction in the Caucasus and could have been erected only by an extremely powerful central government.<sup id="cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its strategic position on the northern branch of the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Route" class="mw-redirect" title="Silk Route">Silk Route</a>, the fortress was contested by the <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a> in the course of the <a href="/wiki/Khazar-Arab_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Khazar-Arab Wars">Khazar-Arab Wars</a>. The Sassanids had also brought Armenians from <a href="/wiki/Syunik_(historic_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syunik (historic province)">Syunik</a> to help protect the pass from invaders; as Arab rule weakened in the region at the end of the ninth century, the Armenians living there were able to establish a kingdom, which lasted until the early years of the thirteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Holy Saviour Armenian Church still rises up in the skyline, though it is used as the Museum of Carpet, Arts and Crafts today due to the decline in the Armenian population. There was also a second Armenian church and two Armenian schools which served the Armenian community, which numbered about 3,000 in the census of 1913. </p><p>Excavations on the eastern side of the Caspian Sea, opposite to Derbent, revealed the <a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Gorgan" title="Great Wall of Gorgan">Great Wall of Gorgan</a>, the eastern counterpart to the wall and fortifications of Derbent. Similar <a href="/wiki/Sassanian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanian">Sassanian</a> defensive fortifications there—massive forts, garrison towns, long walls—also run from the sea to the mountains. </p><p>The Caliph <a href="/wiki/Harun_al-Rashid" title="Harun al-Rashid">Harun al-Rashid</a> lived in Derbent and brought it into great repute as a seat of the arts and commerce.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> According to Arab historians, Derbent, with a population exceeding 50,000, was the largest city of the 9th century in the Caucasus. In the 10th century, with the collapse of the Arab Caliphate, Derbent became the capital of an emirate. <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Derbent" title="Emirate of Derbent">Emirate of Derbent</a> often fought losing wars with the neighboring Christian state of <a href="/wiki/Sarir" title="Sarir">Sarir</a>, allowing Sarir to manipulate Derbent's politics on occasion. Despite that, the emirate outlived its rival and continued to flourish at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Mongol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol">Mongol</a> invasion in 1239. In the 14th century, Derbent was occupied by <a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a>'s armies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shirvanshah_era">Shirvanshah era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Shirvanshah era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Shirvanshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirvanshah">Shirvanshahs</a> dynasty existed as independent or a <a href="/wiki/Vassal" title="Vassal">vassal</a> state, from 861 until 1538; longer than any other dynasty in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic world">Islamic world</a>. They were renowned for their cultural achievements and geopolitical pursuits. The rulers of Shirvan, called the Shirvanshahs, had attempted, and on numerous times, succeeded, to conquer Derbend since the 18th Shirvanshah king, <a href="/wiki/Afridun_I" title="Afridun I">Afridun I</a>, was appointed as the governor of the city. Over the centuries the city changed hands often. The 21st Shirvanshah king, <a href="/wiki/Akhsitan_I" title="Akhsitan I">Akhsitan I</a>, briefly reconquered the city. However, the city was lost once again to the northern <a href="/wiki/Kipchaks" title="Kipchaks">Kipchaks</a>. </p><p>After the Timurid invasion, <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_I_of_Shirvan" title="Ibrahim I of Shirvan">Ibrahim I of Shirvan</a>, the 33rd Shirvanshah, managed to keep the kingdom of Shirvan independent. Ibrahim I revived Shirvan's fortunes, and through his cunning politics managed to continue without paying tribute. Furthermore, Ibrahim also greatly increased the limits of his state. He conquered the city of Derbend in 1437. The Shirvanshahs integrated the city so closely with their political structure that a new branch of the Shirvan dynasty emerged from Derbend, the Derbenid dynasty. The Derbenid dynasty, being a cadet dynasty of Shirvan, inherited the throne of Shirvan in the 15th century. </p><p>In the early 16th century, the kingdom of Shirvan was conquered by <a href="/wiki/Shah_Ismail" class="mw-redirect" title="Shah Ismail">Shah Ismail</a> of the Safavid dynasty. As Shah Ismail incorporated all the Shirvan possessions, he also inherited Derbend. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_conquest">Russian conquest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Russian conquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg/220px-Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg/330px-Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg/440px-Derbendt_int_ruck_van_Persien_-_Peeters_Jacob_-_1690.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="891" /></a><figcaption>Illustration entitled <i>Derbendt int rÿck van Persien</i> ("Derbent in the Persian Empire"). Published by Jacob Peeters in 1690</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG/220px-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG/330px-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG/440px-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98DERBENT.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="1139" /></a><figcaption>Derbent in the 1980s</figcaption></figure> <p>Derbent stayed under <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran">Iranian</a> rule, while occasionally briefly taken by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottoman Turks</a> such as in 1583 after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Torches" title="Battle of Torches">Battle of Torches</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Istanbul_(1590)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Istanbul (1590)">Treaty of Constantinople</a>, till the course of the 19th century, when the Russians occupied the city and wider Iranian-ruled swaths of Dagestan.<sup id="cite_ref-Swietochowski_Borderland_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swietochowski_Borderland-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Being briefly taken by the Russians as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1722%E2%80%9323)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1722–23)">Persian expedition of 1722–23</a> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a>, the 1735 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ganja" title="Treaty of Ganja">Treaty of Ganja</a>, formed by <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Russia">Imperial Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid Iran</a> (<i>de facto</i> ruled by <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a>), forced Russia to return Derbent and its bastion to Iran. In 1747, Derbent became the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Derbent_Khanate" title="Derbent Khanate">Derbent Khanate</a> of the same name. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Expedition_of_1796" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Expedition of 1796">Persian Expedition of 1796</a>, Derbent was stormed by Russian forces under General <a href="/wiki/Valerian_Zubov" title="Valerian Zubov">Valerian Zubov</a>, but the Russians were forced to retreat due to internal political issues,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it fall under Persian rule again. As a consequence of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1804-1813)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)">Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)</a> and the resulting <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a> of 1813, Derbent and wider <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> were ceded by <a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar Iran</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (For background, see <a href="/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_the_Caucasus#Caspian_Coast" title="Russian conquest of the Caucasus">Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Caspian Coast</a>.) </p><p>In the 1886 census of <a href="/wiki/Dagestan_Oblast" title="Dagestan Oblast">Dagestan Oblast</a>, as part of Russia's <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Viceroyalty_(1801%E2%80%931917)" title="Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)">Caucasus Viceroyalty</a>, people of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> descent (Russian: <span lang="ru">персы</span>) were still an absolute majority at 8,994 out of 15,265, or 58,9%.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern city is built in the <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>; near the western shores of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, south of the Rubas River, on the slopes of the Tabasaran Mountains (part of the Bigger <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus</a> range). Derbent is well served by public transport, with its own harbor, a railway going south to <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, and the Baku to <a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a> road. </p><p>To the north of the town is the monument of the Kirk-lar, or forty heroes, who fell defending Dagestan against the Arabs in 728. To the south lies the seaward extremity of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Caucasian wall">Caucasian wall</a> (fifty metres long), otherwise known as <a href="/wiki/Alexander%27s_Wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander's Wall">Alexander's Wall</a>, blocking the narrow pass of the Iron Gate or <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Caspian Gates">Caspian Gates</a> (<i>Portae Athanae</i> or <i>Portae Caspiae</i>). When intact, the wall had a height of 9 m (29 ft) and a thickness of about 3 m (10 ft) and, with its iron gates and numerous watch-towers, defended <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>'s frontier.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derbent has a <a href="/wiki/Cold_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>BSk</i>). Winters are highly variable, with very cold nights interspersed with occasional bouts of sunshine and summerlike temperatures. Highest temperature was recorded 38.8°C (101.8°F) on August 29, 1995 and August 13, 1974 and lowest temperature was recorded -19.0°C (-2.2°F) on February 14, 1988 and February 3, 1994, and the highest lowest temperature recorded was 28.9°C (84.0°F) on July 6, 1990, July 12, 2010 and June 7, 1984, lowest high was -6.1°C (21.0°F) on January 15, 1993 and December 7, 2005. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Derbent </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(95.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(96.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(101.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.8<br />(101.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.9<br />(−2.0) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−19.0<br />(−2.2) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.1<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.1<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.4<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.7<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.2<br />(6.4) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−19.0<br />(−2.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #D1FFD1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(1.21) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(1.24) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(0.92) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(0.82) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(0.90) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(0.74) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(0.74) </td> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(0.98) </td> <td style="background: #B6FFB6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(1.85) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.2<br />(2.06) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.5<br />(1.91) </td> <td style="background: #C3FFC3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.9<br />(1.57) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">379.5<br />(14.94) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">96.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #838383; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #929292; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #AEAE91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">158 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">260 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">193 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #7A7A7A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,894 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: climatebase.ru<sup id="cite_ref-climatebase_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climatebase-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_and_municipal_status">Administrative and municipal status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Administrative and municipal status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Derbent._Dagestan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Derbent._Dagestan.jpg/220px-Derbent._Dagestan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Derbent._Dagestan.jpg/330px-Derbent._Dagestan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Derbent._Dagestan.jpg/440px-Derbent._Dagestan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1667" /></a><figcaption>Derbent</figcaption></figure> <p>Within the <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">framework of administrative divisions</a>, Derbent serves as the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative center">administrative center</a> of <a href="/wiki/Derbentsky_District" title="Derbentsky District">Derbentsky District</a>, even though it is not a part of it.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the <b><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">City</a> of Derbent</b>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_Dagestan" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan">districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref294_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref294-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">municipal division</a>, the City of Derbent is incorporated as <b>Derbent Urban Okrug</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref416_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref416-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1897</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">14,649</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,100</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+57.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,100</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+47.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1959</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">47,318</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+38.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">57,192</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+20.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">69,575</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">78,371</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">101,031</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+28.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">119,200</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">124,953</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Census data</td></tr></tbody></table><p>According to the 1897 census, Derbent had 14,649 inhabitants, 9,767 of whom were Tatar (later known as <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijani</a>) speakers (66.7%) and 1,004 were <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> speakers (6.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1916, Derbent had a population of 31,168 consisting of 7,919 <a href="/wiki/Shia_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia Muslims">Shia Muslims</a> (25.4%), 7,567 <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (24.3%), 6,879 <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> (22.1%), 5,138 <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasian_languages" title="North Caucasian languages">Caucasian highlanders</a> (16.5%), 2,604 <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> (8.4%), and 1,061 <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Muslims</a> (3.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_census" title="2021 Russian census">2021 Census</a>, the main ethnic groups in the city are:<sup id="cite_ref-ВПН-2020_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ВПН-2020-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lezgian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Lezgian people">Lezgins</a> (36.4%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani people">Azerbaijanis</a> (35.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabasaran_people" title="Tabasaran people">Tabasarans</a> (12.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dargwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dargwa people">Dargins</a> (5.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (3.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghul_people" title="Aghul people">Aghuls</a> (3.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutul_people" title="Rutul people">Rutuls</a> (0.8%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jewish_community">Jewish community</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Jewish community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Derbent" title="History of the Jews in Derbent">History of the Jews in Derbent</a></div> <p>Jews began to settle in Derbent in ancient times. During the Khazars' reign, they played an important part in the life of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jewish traveler <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_of_Tudela" title="Benjamin of Tudela">Benjamin of Tudela</a> mentions Jews living in Derbent in the 12th century, and Christian traveler Wilhelm of Rubruquis writes about a Jewish community in the 13th century. The first mention of Jews in Derbent in modern times is by a German traveler, Adam Olearius, in the 17th century. </p><p>Derbent's Jewry suffered during the wars in the 18th century. Nadir Shah of Persia forced many Jews to adopt Islam. After the Russian conquest, many Jews of rural Dagestan fled to Derbent, which became the spiritual center of the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Jews" title="Mountain Jews">Mountain Jews</a>. The Jewish population numbered 2,200 in 1897 (15% of total population) and 3,500 in 1903. In the middle of the 20th century, Jews constituted about a third of the population of Derbent.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, there were 13,000 Jews in the city, but most emigrated after the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>. In 2002, there were 2,000 Jews with an active synagogue and community center.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chief rabbi of Derbent, Obadiah Isakov, was badly injured in an assassination attempt on July 25, 2013, sparking concerns of further acts of <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Europe" title="Antisemitism in Europe">antisemitism</a> targeting the Jewish community.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the Jewish population was down to 1,345.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2024_Dagestan_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Dagestan attack">2024 Dagestan attacks</a>, a synagogue in Derbent was set on fire by armed gunmen, possibly affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">ISIS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_culture">Economy and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is home to machine building, food, textile, fishing, and fishery supplies, construction materials, and wood industries. It is the center of Russian <a href="/wiki/Brandy" title="Brandy">brandy</a> production. The educational infrastructure includes a university as well as several technical schools. On the cultural front, there is a Lezgin drama theater (named after S. Stalsky). About two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the city is the vacation colony of Chayka (Seagull). </p><p>The Soviet novelist <a href="/wiki/Yury_Krymov" title="Yury Krymov">Yury Krymov</a> named a fictional motor tanker after the city in his book <i><a href="/wiki/Yury_Krymov#Tanker_"Derbent"" title="Yury Krymov">The Tanker "Derbent"</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derbent_State_Museum-Reserve" title="Derbent State Museum-Reserve">Derbent State Museum-Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabin_of_Peter_the_Great_(Derbent)" title="Cabin of Peter the Great (Derbent)">Cabin of Peter the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bestuzhev_House" title="Alexander Bestuzhev House">Alexander Bestuzhev House</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theaters">Theaters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Theaters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derbent has 3 state and 1 municipal theaters. </p> <ul><li>State Azerbaijan Drama Theater</li> <li>State Lezgin Music and Drama Theater named after S. Stalsky</li> <li>State Tabasaran Drama Theater</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judeo-Tat_Theatre" title="Judeo-Tat Theatre">Judeo-Tat Theatre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citadel_of_Derbend">Citadel of Derbend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Citadel of Derbend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fortifications_of_Derbent" title="Fortifications of Derbent">Fortifications of Derbent</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0._%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Sassanid Fortress <a href="/wiki/Naryn-Kala" title="Naryn-Kala">Naryn-Kala</a> (Derbent)</figcaption></figure> <p>Derbent resembles a huge museum and has magnificent mountains and shore nearby, and therefore possesses much touristic potential, further increased by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s classification of the citadel, ancient city and fortress as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> in 2003; however, instability in the region has halted development. </p><p>The current fortification and walls were built by the Persian <a href="/wiki/Sassanian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanian Empire">Sassanian Empire</a> as a defensive structure against hostile nomadic people in the north, and continuously repaired or improved by later Arab, Mongol, Timurid, Shirvan, and Iranian kingdoms until the early course of the 19th century, as long as its military function lasted. The fortress was built under the direction of the Sassanid emperor <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_I" title="Khosrow I">Khosrow (Chosroes) I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Jews_of_Khazatia_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Jews_of_Khazatia-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A large portion of the walls and several watchtowers still remain in reasonable shape. The walls, reaching to the sea, date from the 6th century, <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sassanid dynasty</a> period. The city has a well-preserved citadel (Narin-kala), enclosing an area of 4.5 hectares (11 acres), enclosed by strong walls. Historical attractions include the baths, the cisterns, the old cemeteries, the caravanserai, the 18th-century Khan's mausoleum, as well as several mosques. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_monuments">Religious monuments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Religious monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 1865, the city had: 1 - Russian and 1 - Armenian church; 1 - Sunni and 16 - Shiite mosques, as well as 3 synagogues.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mosques">Mosques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mosques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juma_Mosque_of_Derbent" title="Juma Mosque of Derbent">Juma Mosque</a> is the oldest mosque in Russia and the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">CIS</a>. Built over a 6th-century Christian basilica; it has a 15th-century <a href="/wiki/Madrasa" title="Madrasa">madrasa</a>.</li> <li>Bala-mosque is a mosque at the gates of Orta-kapa. In 1796 it was destroyed during the siege of the city by General <a href="/wiki/Valerian_Zubov" title="Valerian Zubov">Zubov</a>. Restored in 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kilis-mosque is a mosque. It is located in the 7th district. In 1823-1853 the mosque served as a church. Now it is called Tovba Mesjidi.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kyrhlyar-mosque is a mosque at the gates of Kyrhlyar-kapa. Built in 1626-1627 by order of <a href="/wiki/Abbas_the_Great" title="Abbas the Great">Shah Abbas</a>. Another name is Shah Abbas Mesjidi. Rebuilt several times.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Minaret-mosque is the only mosque in the city with a minaret. Construction dates back to the XIII-XIV centuries. Rebuilt in the middle of the 19th century. The minaret is 11.5 meters high.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chertebe-mosque is a mosque in 1 mahal. Construction dates back to the 17th century. Rebuilt at the end of the 19th century. Completely demolished in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches">Churches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_All-Savior_of_Derbent" title="Church of the Holy All-Savior of Derbent">Armenian Church of the Holy All-Savior</a> is an architectural monument of the 19th century. Built in 1860. After the completion of the overhaul and restoration work, in May 1982, a museum of fine arts (a branch of the republican museum of fine arts) was opened in it. The museum became part of the State Museum-Reserve as a department of "Carpets and arts and crafts".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Intercession_of_the_Holy_Virgin_of_Derbent" title="Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of Derbent">Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin</a> is an Orthodox church. Built in 1899, opened in 1900. <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._George_the_Victorious_of_Derbent" title="Cathedral of St. George the Victorious of Derbent">Cathedral of St. George the Victorious of Derbent</a> was the main Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Derbent. Demolished in 1938.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossed-dome_temple_of_Derbent" title="Crossed-dome temple of Derbent">Crossed-dome temple of Derbent</a> is a temple of the 4-7 centuries. It is located in the northwestern part of the citadel <a href="/wiki/Naryn-Kala" title="Naryn-Kala">Naryn-Kala</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Synagogues">Synagogues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Synagogues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Derbent_Synagogue" title="Derbent Synagogue">Derbent Synagogue</a> is the only synagogue in the city. The center of the spiritual life of the Jews of Derbent. Built in 1914. In 2009 the synagogue building was reconstructed. It was reopened on March 22, 2010.</li> <li>On June 23, 2024, terrorists burned the Jewish synagogue in Derbent.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cemeteries">Cemeteries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cemeteries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyrkhlyar" title="Kyrkhlyar">Kyrkhlyar</a> is an old and revered cemetery established in the <a href="/wiki/7th_century" title="7th century">7th century</a>. It is the oldest active <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> cemetery in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-stones_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stones-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name means "the forty" and refers to the 40 <a href="/wiki/Companions_of_Muhammad" class="mw-redirect" title="Companions of Muhammad">companions of Muhammad</a> who were killed there in 20 <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">AH</a> (640-641 CE) during the <a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Muslim expansion">early Muslim expansion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lighthouse">Lighthouse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Lighthouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derbent_Lighthouse" title="Derbent Lighthouse">Derbent Lighthouse</a> is the southernmost lighthouse in Russia. The lighthouse is included in the list of protected monuments of Russia and <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Saradzhev" title="Konstantin Saradzhev">Konstantin Saradzhev</a>, (1877-1954), was an Armenian conductor and violinist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahriyar_of_Derbent" title="Shahriyar of Derbent">Shahriyar of Derbent</a> (7th century), Sasanian commander</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuno_Semyonov" title="Yuno Semyonov">Yuno Semyonov</a> (1899–1961), prose writer, playwright and artistic director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Gavrilovich_Gavrilov" class="mw-redirect" title="Boris Gavrilovich Gavrilov">Boris Gavrilov</a> (1908–1990), writer and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mishi_Bakhshiev" title="Mishi Bakhshiev">Mishi Bakhshiev</a> (1910–1972), writer and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniil_Atnilov" title="Daniil Atnilov">Daniil Atnilov</a> (1913–1968), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuvakh_Dadashev" title="Manuvakh Dadashev">Manuvakh Dadashev</a> (1913–1943), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Izgiyayev" title="Sergey Izgiyayev">Sergey Izgiyayev</a> (1922–1972), poet, playwright, and translator of Mountain Jewish descent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamara_Musakhanov" title="Tamara Musakhanov">Tamara Musakhanov</a> (1924—2014), sculptor and ceramist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Borisovich_Gavrilov" title="Mikhail Borisovich Gavrilov">Mikhail Gavrilov</a> (1926–2014), writer and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagutil_Mishiev" title="Yagutil Mishiev">Yagutil Mishiev</a> (1927—2024), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoya_Semenduev" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoya Semenduev">Zoya Semenduev</a> (1929–2020), poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushail_Mushailov" title="Mushail Mushailov">Mushail Mushailov</a> (1941—2007), artist and teacher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Yusufov" title="Igor Yusufov">Igor Yusufov</a> (born 1956), politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Nisan" title="Bella Nisan">Bella Nisan</a> (born ca.1957), ophthalmologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Tsvaygenbaum" title="Israel Tsvaygenbaum">Israel Tsvaygenbaum</a> (born 1961), artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleyman_Kerimov" title="Suleyman Kerimov">Suleyman Kerimov</a> (born 1966), businessman, investor, and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevil_Novruzova" title="Sevil Novruzova">Sevil Novruzova</a> (born ca.1977), lawyer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Russia" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia">List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia</a></div> <p>Derbent is <a href="/wiki/Sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><img alt="Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a>, Azerbaijan</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yakima,_Washington" title="Yakima, Washington">Yakima</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hadera" title="Hadera">Hadera</a>, Israel</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kronstadt" title="Kronstadt">Kronstadt</a>, Russia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gks.ru/dbscripts/munst/munst82/DBInet.cgi">the original</a> on October 6, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 9,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0+%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gks.ru%2Fdbscripts%2Fmunst%2Fmunst82%2FDBInet.cgi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2010Census-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2010Census_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRussian_Federal_State_Statistics_Service2011" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm"><bdi lang="ru">Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1</bdi></a> [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. <bdi lang="ru">Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census]</bdi> (in Russian). <a href="/wiki/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)" title="Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)">Federal State Statistics Service</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+2010+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.+%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC+1&rft.pub=Federal+State+Statistics+Service&rft.date=2011&rft.au=Russian+Federal+State+Statistics+Service&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gks.ru%2Ffree_doc%2Fnew_site%2Fperepis2010%2Fcroc%2Fperepis_itogi1612.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ref416-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ref416_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref416_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ref416_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Law #6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vremeni-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-vremeni_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085">"Об исчислении времени"</a>. <i>Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации</i> (in Russian). June 3, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%D0%9E%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9+%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8&rft.atitle=%D0%9E%D0%B1+%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8&rft.date=2011-06-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpravo.gov.ru%2Fproxy%2Fips%2F%3Fdocbody%3D%26prevDoc%3D102483854%26backlink%3D1%26%26nd%3D102148085&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PostalCode-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PostalCode_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (<i>Russian Post</i>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vinfo.russianpost.ru/servlet/department">Поиск объектов почтовой связи</a> (<i>Postal Objects Search</i>) <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaynes1878" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Derbend"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Derbend">"Derbend" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 7 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 105.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Derbend&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=105&rft.edition=9th&rft.pub=Charles+Scribner%27s+Sons&rft.date=1878&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.islamdag.info/story/1616">Derbent - Russia’s oldest city: 5,000 and counting</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120515031716/http://www.islamdag.info/story/1616">Archived</a> May 15, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Timothy C. Dowling <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ&dq=russo+persian+war+1804-1813&pg=PA728"><i>Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410111419/https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ&dq=russo+persian+war+1804-1813&pg=PA728">Archived</a> April 10, 2023, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> p 728 ABC-CLIO, 2 dec. 2014 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1598849484" title="Special:BookSources/1598849484">1598849484</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZonnKosarevGlantzKostianoy2010" class="citation book cs1">Zonn, Igor S.; Kosarev, Aleksey N.; Glantz, Michael; Kostianoy, Andrey G. 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Springer. p. 160.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Caspian+Sea+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=160&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Zonn&rft.aufirst=Igor+S.&rft.au=Kosarev%2C+Aleksey+N.&rft.au=Glantz%2C+Michael&rft.au=Kostianoy%2C+Andrey+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DARBAND_1-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DARBAND_1_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/darband-i-ancient-city">"DARBAND (1)"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210512053119/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/darband-i-ancient-city">Archived</a> from the original on May 12, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Costa Mesa, California 92628 U.S.A.: Mazda Publishers, Inc. pp. 14, 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56859-143-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-56859-143-8"><bdi>1-56859-143-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%C5%A0ahrest%C4%81n%C4%ABh%C4%81+%C4%AA+%C4%92r%C4%81n%C5%A1ahr%3A+A+Middle+Persian+Text+on+Late+Antique+Geography%2C+Epic%2C+and+History&rft.place=Costa+Mesa%2C+California+92628+U.S.A.&rft.pages=14%2C+18&rft.pub=Mazda+Publishers%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56859-143-8&rft.aulast=Daryaee&rft.aufirst=Touraj&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaryaee2002" class="citation book cs1">Daryaee, Touraj (2002). <i>Šahrestānīhā Ī Ērānšahr: A Middle Persian Text on Late Antique Geography, Epic, and History</i>. Costa Mesa, California 92628 U.S.A.: Mazda Publishers, Inc. p. 40. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56859-143-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-56859-143-8"><bdi>1-56859-143-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%C5%A0ahrest%C4%81n%C4%ABh%C4%81+%C4%AA+%C4%92r%C4%81n%C5%A1ahr%3A+A+Middle+Persian+Text+on+Late+Antique+Geography%2C+Epic%2C+and+History&rft.place=Costa+Mesa%2C+California+92628+U.S.A.&rft.pages=40&rft.pub=Mazda+Publishers%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-56859-143-8&rft.aulast=Daryaee&rft.aufirst=Touraj&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location" title="Category:CS1 maint: location">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcFarquhar2016" class="citation news cs1">McFarquhar, Neil (February 17, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/world/europe/derbent-as-russias-oldest-city-think-again-moscow-says.html">"Derbent as Russia's Oldest City? Think Again, Moscow Says"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160217183855/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/world/europe/derbent-as-russias-oldest-city-think-again-moscow-says.html">Archived</a> from the original on February 17, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 17,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Derbent+as+Russia%27s+Oldest+City%3F+Think+Again%2C+Moscow+Says&rft.date=2016-02-17&rft.aulast=McFarquhar&rft.aufirst=Neil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F02%2F18%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fderbent-as-russias-oldest-city-think-again-moscow-says.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChenciner2012" class="citation book cs1">Chenciner, Robert (October 12, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bd4rBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA139"><i>Daghestan: Tradition and Survival</i></a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136107146" title="Special:BookSources/9781136107146"><bdi>9781136107146</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Daghestan%3A+Tradition+and+Survival&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2012-10-12&rft.isbn=9781136107146&rft.aulast=Chenciner&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dbd4rBgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA139&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPereira1973" class="citation book cs1">Pereira, Michael (January 1, 1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HkYKAQAAIAAJ"><i>Across the Caucasus</i></a>. Bles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780713805802" title="Special:BookSources/9780713805802"><bdi>9780713805802</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Across+the+Caucasus&rft.pub=Bles&rft.date=1973-01-01&rft.isbn=9780713805802&rft.aulast=Pereira&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHkYKAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fUsBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA228"><i>The Modern Part of an Universal History: From the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers. By the Authors of The Antient Part</i></a>. S. Richardson, T. Osborne, C. Hitch, A. Millar, John Rivington, S. Crowder, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Longman, and C. Ware. 1759.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Modern+Part+of+an+Universal+History%3A+From+the+Earliest+Account+of+Time.+Compiled+from+Original+Writers.+By+the+Authors+of+The+Antient+Part&rft.pub=S.+Richardson%2C+T.+Osborne%2C+C.+Hitch%2C+A.+Millar%2C+John+Rivington%2C+S.+Crowder%2C+P.+Davey+and+B.+Law%2C+T.+Longman%2C+and+C.+Ware&rft.date=1759&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfUsBAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA228&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.nl-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-books.google.nl_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael Khodarkovsky. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VRJYt-79jPUC&dq=derbent+is+a+persian+city&pg=PA47">"Bitter Choices: Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119145949/https://books.google.com/books?id=VRJYt-79jPUC&dq=derbent%20is%20a%20persian%20city&pg=PA47">Archived</a> November 19, 2023, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Cornell University Press, 12 mrt. 2015. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0801462908" title="Special:BookSources/0801462908">0801462908</a>. pp. 47–52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Derbent" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Derbent">Derbent</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 64.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Derbent&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=64&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Jews_of_Khazatia-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Jews_of_Khazatia_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Jews_of_Khazatia_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kevin Alan Brook. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hEuIveNl9kcC&dq=derbent+sassanid+fortress&pg=PA126">"The Jews of Khazatia"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119145950/https://books.google.com/books?id=hEuIveNl9kcC&dq=derbent+sassanid+fortress&pg=PA126">Archived</a> November 19, 2023, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 27 sep. 2006. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1442203020" title="Special:BookSources/978-1442203020">978-1442203020</a>. p. 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Robert_H._Hewsen_2001,_page_89-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Robert_H._Hewsen_2001,_page_89_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robert H. Hewsen, <i>Armenia: A Historical Atlas</i>, 2001, page 89.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAGESTAN-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAGESTAN_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dagestan">"DAGESTAN"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110429175746/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dagestan">Archived</a> from the original on April 29, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 11,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=DAGESTAN&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fdagestan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Saidov and Shikhsaidov, pp. 26–27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bol’shakov and Mongaĭt, p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/islam-islam-caucasus-and-middle-volga">"Islam: Islam In The Caucasus And The Middle Volga"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230130064441/https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/islam-islam-caucasus-and-middle-volga">Archived</a> from the original on January 30, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 31,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Islam%3A+Islam+In+The+Caucasus+And+The+Middle+Volga&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encyclopedia.com%2Fenvironment%2Fencyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps%2Fislam-islam-caucasus-and-middle-volga&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <span class="languageicon">(in Armenian)</span> Sedrak Barkhudaryan, “Դերբենդի հայ-աղվանական թագավորությունը” (“The Armenian-Caucasian Albanian Kingdom of Derbend”). <i><a href="/wiki/Patma-Banasirakan_Handes" title="Patma-Banasirakan Handes">Patma-Banasirakan Handes</a> </i>. № 3, 1969, pp. 125-147.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Armenian)</span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_of_Edessa" title="Matthew of Edessa">Matthew of Edessa</a>. <i>Ժամանակնագրություն</i> (<i>Chronicle</i>). Translated by <a href="/wiki/Hrach_Bartikyan" title="Hrach Bartikyan">Hrach Bartikyan</a>. Yerevan: Hayastan Publishing, 1973, pp. 151-152, 332, note 132a.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Swietochowski_Borderland-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Swietochowski_Borderland_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwietochowski1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Swietochowski" title="Tadeusz Swietochowski">Swietochowski, Tadeusz</a> (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FfRYRwAACAAJ&q=Russia+and+Iran+in+the+great+game:+travelogues+and+orientalism"><i>Russia and Azerbaijan: A Borderland in Transition</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_Press" title="Columbia University Press">Columbia University Press</a>. pp. 69, 133. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-07068-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-07068-3"><bdi>978-0-231-07068-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Russia+and+Azerbaijan%3A+A+Borderland+in+Transition&rft.pages=69%2C+133&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-231-07068-3&rft.aulast=Swietochowski&rft.aufirst=Tadeusz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFfRYRwAACAAJ%26q%3DRussia%2Band%2BIran%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bgreat%2Bgame%3A%2Btravelogues%2Band%2Borientalism&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFL._Batalden1997" class="citation book cs1">L. Batalden, Sandra (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WFjPAxhBEaEC&q=The+newly+independent+states+of+Eurasia:+handbook+of+former+Soviet+republics"><i>The newly independent states of Eurasia: handbook of former Soviet republics</i></a>. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 98. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89774-940-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89774-940-4"><bdi>978-0-89774-940-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+newly+independent+states+of+Eurasia%3A+handbook+of+former+Soviet+republics&rft.pages=98&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-89774-940-4&rft.aulast=L.+Batalden&rft.aufirst=Sandra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWFjPAxhBEaEC%26q%3DThe%2Bnewly%2Bindependent%2Bstates%2Bof%2BEurasia%3A%2Bhandbook%2Bof%2Bformer%2BSoviet%2Brepublics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerbent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFE._Ebel,_Robert2000" class="citation book cs1">E. Ebel, Robert, Menon, Rajan (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-sCpf26vBZ0C&q=Energy+and+conflict+in+Central+Asia+and+the+Caucasus"><i>Energy and conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus</i></a>. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 181. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-0063-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-0063-1"><bdi>978-0-7425-0063-1</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240625053959/https://books.google.com/books?id=-sCpf26vBZ0C&q=Energy+and+conflict+in+Central+Asia+and+the+Caucasus#v=snippet&q=Energy%20and%20conflict%20in%20Central%20Asia%20and%20the%20Caucasus&f=false">Archived</a> from the original on June 25, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Закона №106 от 30 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г.</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Dagestan" title="People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan">People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan</a>. Law #16 of April 10, 2002 <i>On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan</i>, as amended by the Law #106 of December 30, 2013 <i>On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li> <li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №6 от 13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от 30 апреля 2015 г. «О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г.</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Dagestan" title="People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan">People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan</a>. Law #6 of January 13, 2005 <i>On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan</i>, as amended by the Law #43 of April 30, 2015 <i>On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li> <li><i>Some text used with permission from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.travel-images.com">www.travel-images.com</a>. The original text can be found here <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.travel-images.com/azerb.html">[1]</a>.</i></li> <li>M. S. Saidov, ed., Katalog arabskikh rukopiseĭ Instituta IYaL Dagestanskogo filiala AN SSSR (Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts in the H.L.L. Institute of the Dāḡestān branch of the A.N. of the U.S.S.R.) I, Moscow, 1977.</li> <li>Idem and A. R. Shikhsaidov, “Derbend-name (k istorii izucheniya)” (Darband-nāma. On the history of research),” in Vostochnye istochniki po istorii Dagestana (Eastern sources on the history of Dāḡestān), Makhachkala, 1980, pp. 564.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derbent&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 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