Official Name: | Kurush |
Native Name: | Куруш Къуруш |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Dagestan#Russia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Name1: | Dagestan |
Subdivision Name3: | Dokuzparinsky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Coordinates: | 41.2808°N 47.83°W[1] |
Kurush (Russian: Куруш; Lezghian: Къуруш) is a mountain village located in the Dokuzparinsky District, in southern Dagestan. Situated at 2480–2560 m above sea level depending on the source (topographical maps show the center at about 2530 m), it is the highest continuously inhabited settlement of the Greater Caucasus and of Europe[2] [3] [4] as well as the southernmost settlement in Russia. As of 2015, Kurush had a population of 813.