Akhvakhs

Akhvakhs

The Akhvakhs (also known as Akhwakh, Akhvakhtsy or G'akhevalal, "ахвахцы" in Russian)) are one of the Andi-Dido peoples of Daghestan. They call themselves Atluatii or Ashvado. Prior to 1930 Soviet ethnologists considered them to be a distinct ethnic group. Since that time they have often been classified as Avars.

The Akvakh live between the Avar River and the Andi River. In 1926 they numbered 3,683. The Akhvakhs are mainly Sunni Muslims. They face continued assimilation by the Avars. By the early 1990s it was estimated that about 8,000 people were Akhvakh, although this number includes those who have been fully assimilated as Avars but still recognize that they have Akhvakh ancestry.

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*Wixman, Ronald. "The Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook". (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1984) p. 7-8
*Olson, James S., "An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires". (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994) p. 25-26


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