The Talysh number more than 600.000, of which 430.000 live in TALISHISTAN, a country included by Stalin's regime in the artificial, new made state of Azerbaijan in 1921. TALISHISTAN forms now the south-east of the Republic of Azerbaijan, near the Iranian border. The capital of TALISHISTAN is LENKORAN, other major towns are Lerig and Astara on the Iranian border The rest of the Talysh live across the border in the Iranian province of Gilan, in a long strip of territory along the Caspian coast, from Astara to the Rasht area. They occupy a land of sharp contrasts, ranging from the high, forested Talysh Mountains, to the subtropical coastal land along the Caspian Sea.

The Talysh refer to themselves as 'Talushon', and speak an Indo-European language (as Persian and Armenian....) afiliated to the Persian/Farsi language: The language is also called Talysh. Most of the Talysh Nation speaks its native language, plu ... Read more »