Dokuzparinsky District, Municipal district in Dagestan, Russian Federation.
Dokuzparinsky District is a municipal district in southern Dagestan, Russia, with Usukhchay as its administrative center. It covers a mountainous area made up of scattered villages connected by valleys and mountain passes.
The district was created in 1934 as an administrative unit inside the Dagestani Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After the Soviet Union ended in 1991, it remained in place as part of the Russian Federation.
The people living here speak several languages from the Caucasus, and you can hear this variety simply by moving from one village to the next. Local gatherings and markets reflect a way of life shaped by the mountains and the seasons.
Getting around between villages depends on mountain roads that can become difficult in certain seasons. It is worth checking road conditions before traveling and allowing extra time for the journey.
The district sits at a point where several ethno-linguistic groups of the Caucasus meet, meaning that some villages speak languages entirely different from those of their nearest neighbors. This variety is concentrated in a very small area.
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