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The Imam Shamil Front is a militant organization in Dagestan led by Gadzhi Makhachev which supports the cause of the Avar ethnic group, competing with the interest of Kumyk movements.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 3 relations: Avars (Caucasus), Dagestan, Kumyks.

  2. Caucasian Avar organizations
  3. Islam in Russia
  4. Organizations based in Dagestan

Avars (Caucasus)

The Avars, also known as Maharuls (Avar: магӀарулал,, "mountaineers"), are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group.

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Dagestan

Dagestan (Дагестан), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea.

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Kumyks

Kumyks (Qumuqlar, Кумыки) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Dagestan, Chechnya and North Ossetia.

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See also

Caucasian Avar organizations

  • Front of Shamyl

Islam in Russia

Organizations based in Dagestan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_of_Shamyl