Aglobi Explained

Official Name:Aglobi
Native Name:Аглоби
Әғлаби
Агълаб
Эгълеби
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Russia Dagestan#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Republic of Dagestan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Derbentsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,771 people[1]
Utc Offset1:+3:00
Postal Code:368617
Elevation M:19
Coordinates:41.8833°N 68°W[2]

Aglobi (Russian: Аглоби; Azerbaijani: Әғлаби, Əğlabi; Lezghian: Агълаб;) is a rural locality (a selo) in Derbentsky District, Republic of Dagestan, in southern Russia.

Geography

Aglobi is located 20 km south of Derbent (the district's administrative centre) by road. Aladash and Rubas are the nearest rural localities.[3]

There are 31 streets.[4]

History

Aglobi is a former Mountain Jews village, first mentioned in 1813. The land on which the village was located belonged to the dynasty of Derbent rulers from the Aglobid family. Over time, Azerbaijanis from the village of Maraga, Tabasaransky region, also began to settle in the village. By the 30s of the 20th centuries, Jews completely left the village.[5] In 1953, residents of the village of Tsiling Kurakhsky district, were resettled to Aglobi.

Population

According to the materials of the All-Union Population Census of 1926 for the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in Aglabi of the Kullar village council of the Derbent district lived: Mountain Jews - 165 people (45 households), Turks (Azerbaijanis) - 69 people (17 households), Lezgins - 12 (2 households). [6]

According to the 2021 census, Aglobi had a population of 1,771.

Lezgins, Azerbaijanis and Tabasarans live there.

Agriculture

The main activity of the population is growing garlic, peppers, and cucumbers for further sale in pickled form in various cities of Russia and the CIS. In a favorable climate, crops are cultivated: pomegranate, persimmon, persimmon-crown, figs, grapes, quince, etc.

Not far from the village there are salt lakes (“duzlahar”), from which the local population extracts table salt for pickling vegetables.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220901194902/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx Table 5. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, urban districts, municipal districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements with a population of 3000 people or more. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census.
  2. https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/derbentskiy-rayon/selo-aglobi/ Село Аглоби на карте
  3. https://all-routes.ru/rasstoyanie-aglobi_ru-derbent Расстояние от Аглоби до Дербента 20 км
  4. https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/derbentskiy-rayon/selo-aglobi/ Село Аглоби на карте
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20190805022147/http://rujen.ru/index.php/АГЛОБИ Aglobi in the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
  6. Materials of the 1926 All-Union Population Census in the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. List of populated places of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Makhachkala: Dagstat administration, 1927. p. 68.