Sogratl

Sogratl
Согратль
СугъралӀ
Selo
Sogratl after it was burned in 1877
Sogratl after it was burned in 1877
Sogratl is located in Republic of Dagestan
Sogratl
Sogratl
Sogratl is located in Russia
Sogratl
Sogratl
Coordinates: 42°16′N 46°59′E / 42.267°N 46.983°E / 42.267; 46.983[1]
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Dagestan
DistrictGunibsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Sogratl (Russian: Согратль; Avar: СугъралӀ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Sogratlinsky Selsoviet, Gunibsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 2,360 as of 2010.[2] There are 4 streets.[3]

Geography

Sogratl is located 25 km south of Gunib (the district's administrative centre) by road, on the Tsamtichay River. Obokh and Shangoda are the nearest rural localities.[4]

Prominent People

• First Secretary of the Dagestan Regional Committee of the CPSU (1983–1990), Magomed Yusupov (1935–2018);

• Hero of the Russian Federation, honored test pilot of Russia, Magomed Tolboev (born 1951);

• Hero of the Russian Federation, test pilot Taigib Tolboev (1955–2021);

• Hero of Socialist Labor, Kamil Magomedov (born 1904);

• Honored Doctor of the RSFSR, People’s Doctor of Dagestan, Honorary Citizen of the City of Makhachkala, Rizvan Karimov (born 1924);

• People’s Teacher of the USSR, A. Utsov;

• Sheikh-ul-Islam Abdurakhman-Haji as-Suguri (1792–1882);

• 4th Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya, son of Abdurakhman-Haji, Muhammad-Haji (1839–1877);

• Scholars: Mahdi-Magomed (died 1837), Haji Muhammad Haji (died 1870), Ali-Riza, Dibir-Kadi, Nurmagomed Avarsky, Shaitan-Abdulla, and others;

• Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Magomed Abdulaevich Patakhov;

• Honored Inventor of the Republic of Dagestan, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of DSMU, Gadzhimurad Magomedovich Patakhov;

• Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of DSMU, Zaira Magomedovna Omarova;

• Nurmagomed Magomedovich Abigasano (1915–1971), military prosecutor, Avar poet, translator, prose writer, and playwright;

• Patimat Nurmagomedovna Abigasano, Honored Doctor of the Republic of Dagestan;

• Magomed Magomedovich Fataliyev, Honored Doctor of the Republic of Dagestan;

• Magomed Akhmedovich Karimov, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation;

• Gamzat Magomedovich Gamzatov (August 25, 1938, Makhachkala, DASSR, RSFSR, USSR – July 3, 2018, Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia). In 1993, he became the General Director of OAO “Dagenergo.” Member of the State Council of Dagestan for two terms (1998, 2002).

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