Vachi (russian: Вачи; lbe, Ваччи) is a

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(a '' selo'') and the

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Kulinsky District Kulinsky District (russian: Кулинский райо́н; Lak: ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area ...

of the

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

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. Population: The population is predominantly Lak.

History

It was founded about 1,500 years ago, and was perhaps named after King Vache of

Caucasian Albania Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus: mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among ...

. Vachi was famous for talented artisans: shoemakers, tailors, tinsmith, blacksmith who traveled to the lowlands of Dagestan and other regions of the Caucasus. In 1926, an elementary school opened in Vachi.

Miscellaneous

Dialing code: +7 87268.

References

External links

*Official website of Kulinsky District
History of Vachi
{{Authority control Rural localities in Kulinsky District Laks (Caucasus)