Vachi (; ) is a

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(a ''

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'') and the

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Kulinsky District Kulinsky District (; Lak language, Lak: ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan, forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south ...

of the

Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

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. Population: The population is predominantly

Lak Lak may refer to: People * Laks (Caucasus), an ethnic group of Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia * Lak (tribe), a Kurdish tribe in Iran and Turkey. * Hamed Lak (born 1990), Iranian football goalkeeper * Peter Lak (born 1973), American retired soc ...

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
Rural localities in Kulinsky District Laks (Caucasus) {{Kulinsky-geo-stub