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Talysh

Iranian-speaking people living on the southwest shore of the Caspian Sea, in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. They are mostly cattle breeders and Sunni Muslims. In Azerbaijan most of the Talysh are being assimilated. A Talysh khanate, semi-independent from Persia, was formed in the 18th century; it became Russian 1813 and was abolished 1826 (http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Talysh)

Presentation of the Talysh people

According to Rudolf A. Mark, Die Völker der ehemaligen Sowjetunion (The Peoples of the former Soviet Union, 1989), the Talysh (own name: Talusch; Russian: Talyši; population: 22.000) are living in the counties of Len ... Read more »

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