{{Infobox former country , conventional_long_name = Kaitag Utsmiate , capital = Jalagi, Qala-Quraish, Urkarakh, Majalis, Bashly , official_languages =

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Kaitag Kaitak, Kajtak, or Kaitag may refer to the following topics associated with a region in Dagestan, Russia: * Kaitag State, a historic principality * Kaytagsky District, the current administrative unit * Kaitags, an ethnic group * Kaitak language, ...

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(till 15th c.) , demonym = , population_estimate = , status = Principality , life_span = 5th century — 1820 , common_languages = Muirin, Sanzhi-Itsari, Kubachi,

Juhuri Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (''cuhuri'', , ) is the traditional language of the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan and Dagestan, now mainly spoken in Israel. The language is a dialect of Persian which belongs to the s ...

, Kumyk, Azerbaijani , title_leader = The Utsmi of Kaitag , event_end =

Russian conquest of the Caucasus The Russian conquest of the Caucasus mainly occurred between 1800 and 1864. The Russian Empire sought to control the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. South of the mountains was the territory that is modern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Geor ...

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Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

The Kaitag Utsmiate was a multiethnic feudal political entity in

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

. The first mentions of it start appearing in chronicles from the 5th century, and it was eliminated in 1820 during

. The state's territories were spanning over Kaitag, Dakhaday and partially Segokala, Derbent, Kayakent districts of modern

References

* А. О. Муртазаев, Кайтаг в VIII - первой половине XIX в. (Исследование политической истории и роли в системе политических структур Северо-Восточного Кавказа). * С. К. Умаханов, Историческая география Дагестана XVII — нач. XIX в. History of Dagestan 1820 disestablishments in Asia 5th-century establishments