Andi is a large village in the Botlikh region in Dagestan, Russia
Geographical location Located 14 km north-east of the village Botlikh.
Population The villagers are Andis (censuses may be marked as Avars). Before the deportation, a large number of Chechens lived there, including the Kharchievs,Lists of victims: Kharchievs Sultanovs, Izrailovs, Makhmudovs, Mamaevs, Musalaevs, Apraev-Mamedov, Valiev, Gelegaev, Guchigov, Abdukerimov, Gelichaev, Mamedkhanov.
Language The villagers speak the Andi language. In 1981, a linguistic expedition of the Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University was led by A. E. Kibrika.Vladimir Borshchev. Expedition to Andi, August 1981 (memories)
Famous natives — Soviet and Russian archaeologist, a specialist in the Paleolithic of the Caucasus and the Middle East. — fighter of the self-defense detachment of his native village, Hero of the Russian Federation (1999, posthumous). – deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation.
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