Rutul people

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Rutuls

Мыхабыр Mykhabyr
Total population
c. 120,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Russia  Dagestan	35,240 (2010)[2]
Azerbaijan	17 000 (~2000) - 40,000[3][4]
Ukraine	137 (2001)[5]
Georgia	103 (1989)[6]
Languages
Rutul
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Northeast Caucasian peoples

Rutuls, Rutulians^[7] (Rutul: Мыхабыр, romanized: Mykhabyr; Russian: руту́льцы, tr. rutulʹtsy) or ‘’’Миштар·по(рутули)/ Порталли’’’, describing themselves as MASTERS (builders) of GATES, are a Lezgin sub-ethnic group in Dagestan, a republic in the south of Russia, and some parts of Azerbaijan. According to the 2010 Russian Census, there were 35,240 Rutuls in Russia.^[2] In 1989 Soviet Census in Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan SSR then) there were 336 Rutuls.^[8] The Rutul language is a member of the Northeast Caucasian language family; its speakers often have a good command of Azeri and Russian, as Rutul was not a written language until 1990. The Rutul culture is close to that of the Tsakhur and other peoples who inhabit the basin of the upper reaches of the Samur River. Most of the Rutuls are engaged in cattle breeding (mostly sheep husbandry), farming, and gardening.

Religion[]

The Rutuls adhere to Sunni Islam. The earliest attempts of Arabs to affirm as Dagestan concern the 7th century, and in Rutul's territory they made the greatest success. The earliest monument of Muslim culture testifies to it on caucasus - a tombstone of Sheikh Magomeda-ibn-Asada-ibn-Mugal, buried in Khnov in 675 AD^[9] About early Islamisation of Rutuls the earliest testify also in mountains of Dagestan monuments building epygraphic, found in some Rutul villages. It is a stone in a wall of a building of a mosque of settlement village on which the chronograph text in the Arabian language is cut, Islam carrying the statement here to 128 of Hijra, that is 745-746. Other stone with the chronograph text has remained in a settlement mosque of , in it is spoken «about restoration of the destroyed mosque in 407 of Hijra»

Notable Rutul people[]

• Gasret Aliev - a Hero of Soviet Union, 1st secretary of the CPSU in Rutul 1957–1961, resident of the village , participant of World War II.

Science[]

• (v. , 13th century, dynasty of Saeedar) - the medieval philosopher, rhetoric, the physicist, the astronomer, the poet. It had been opened in village medieval university, an observatory and library. Last scientist from this dynasty Ismail Efendi have buried in 1929.
• - Heads physics chair at the Dagestan State technical university (since July, 2004), the senior lecturer of engineering science, the professor, the full member of the International academy the Colds (M.O.V.E.), the Deserved inventor of the Russian Federation and Republic of Dagestan.
• - the senior lecturer of chair of history of Dagestan State University.

Other scientists[]

• (v. Ihrek)
• (v. Rutul)
• (v. Shinaz)
• (v. Hin)
• (v. Myuhrek)

Sports[]

• (birth 1983-11-20) (village ) - the World champion on a kickboxing, the Champion of Europe on Full Contact (WPKA) 2005 in an absolute category and in a category to 82 kg, the World champion on Full Contact (IAKSA) 2007. Trains in fight club "Salang" (Surgut, Russia), the participant of the International Tournament of Single combats.
• (village ) - the numerous champion of the USSR on free-style wrestling.
• - the deserved master of sports of the USSR, the champion of the USSR and Europe.
• (village ) - the first Russian world champion among women on free-style wrestling.
• - the deserved trainer of Russia.
• - MMA fighter.
• - Master of Sports Soviet Union on free-style wrestling.
• - MMA fighter of EFN and KSW.

Rutuls in Turkey[]

• (19th century) - the large military leader of Turkey. Was lost under Shumla.
• İbrahim Şinasi (junior) - after study in France began to let out the most popular newspaper in Turkey «Gyasfiru efkyar» («the Image of thoughts»). Şinasi has taken a great interest in reform of Turkish language, creation of the present Turkish literature and achieved, that books wrote not for the elite, and for the people. Besides, Şinasi with Namik Kemal was engaged in reform of a state system of Turkey and became the founder of tanzimat, continued by Atatürk in 1918-1919.

Rutuls in Syria[]

• Ulfat Idilbi - the famous writer. Elfat has not torn with the ethnic native land of the ancestors, has visited village , is interested in a life and customs of rutuls.
• (great-grandfather ) - has got to Turkey as the emissary of imam Shamil, as the proxy envoy to the Turkish sultan.

Culture and art[]

• – the classic of rutul poetry which verses sing till now poets of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. His used huge popularity in second half XVIII – the beginning of 19th centuries in Dagestan and Azerbaijan.
• – a national poet (first half of the 20th century)
• – a national poet (first half of the 20th century)
• – a national poet (first half of the 20th century)
• – a national poet (first half of the 20th century)
• – a national poet (first half of the 20th century)
• – a poet.
• – an honoured artist of the USSR, the winner of the Lenin award
• – a writer and poet. Creativity — 1960–1990
• – a poet and composer. Creativity – 1960–1990
• – a poet, writer, and composer. Creativity – 1960–1990
• – a poet, writer, and composer, «the Nightingale of Dagestan and Azerbaijan»

Other famous Rutuls[]

• - a member of the Russian academy of public service at the president of the Russian Federation
• - the deputy minister of trade of Degestan Republic (Russia)
• - the head of department at Government of Degestan Republic (Russia)
• - the chief of department Minnatsinformvneshsvjazi of Degestan Republic (Russia)
• - the head of department of republican Office of Public Prosecutor
• - the colonel, chief of Department Makhachkala-customs
• - a member of Supreme Court of Degestan Republic (Russia)
• - the head of joint-stock company "Arsi".
• - the deputy director of joint-stock company "Yugstalkonstructsia"
• - the colonel
• - the judge of the Kirov (Dagestan, Russia) regional court

See also[]

• Rutul language

Notes[]

External links[]

• Folk Songs and Dances of the Rutuls of Azerbaijan
• rutulia.com — Rutul national website.