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Manuvakh Dadashev
Manuvakh Dadashev (russian: Манувах Мардахаевич Дадашев, translit=; he, מנוחוב דדשב; 1913–1943) was a Soviet poet of Mountain Jews, Mountain Jew origin. He wrote in a language of the Mountain Jew (Judeo-Tat, Juhuri). Biography Manuvakh Dadashev was born into a poor family in the city of Derbent in 1913. He worked for the newspaper (Juhuri:''Захметкеш'') – Vatan (newspaper), "The Toiler", first as a distributor of letters, and then as a literary worker. In the same newspaper, he published his first poems. Dadashev studied at universities in Baku and Moscow. He worked in Makhachkala at the institute. Collected and translated into Russian the folklore of the peoples of the Caucasus. He translated Russian poets into the language of Mountain Jews. Among the unfinished translations was "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, on which he worked before the beginning of the Eastern Front (World War II), World War II. When World War II began, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbent
Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is the southernmost city in Russia, and it is the second-most important city of Dagestan. Derbent occupies the narrow gateway between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains connecting the Eurasian Steppe to the north and the Iranian Plateau to the south; covering an area of , with a population of roughly 120,000 residents. Derbent claims to be the oldest city in Russia, with historical documentation dating to the 8th century BC, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Due to its strategic location, over the course of history, the city changed ownership many times, particularly among the Persian, Arab, Mongol, Timurid, and Shirvan kingdoms. In the 19th century, the city passed from Persian into Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
