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Uzun Hacı Saltinski was born in 1848 in the village of Salti, in the Gunib region of Dagestan, into an Avar family. Raised within the Nakshibendi order, Uzun Hacı received his education for eleven years under Sheikh Abdurrahman Hacı el Suguri, one of the principal ideologues of the Dagestan uprising of 1877. From his youth onward, he was repeatedly arrested and exiled due to his actions against the Russian Tsarist regime. Nearly fifteen years of his life were spent in Siberia and prisons. During

Kumuk Turks are a Muslim Turkic people living in Dagestan. Etymologically, the name "Kumuk" has been written in various forms throughout history (Kumık, Kumıh, Kumuh, Gumık, Gumuh) and appears in Dîvânü Lugât’it-Türk as the name of a bey. While there are differing views regarding their ethnic origins, they are generally accepted to have emerged from a mixture of Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic groups. The Kumuks typically live in the northeastern part of Dagestan, along the coast of the Caspian Sea. Du

Kumuk Turks are a Muslim Turkic people living in Dagestan. Etymologically, the name "Kumuk" has been written in various forms throughout history (Kumık, Kumıh, Kumuh, Gumık, Gumuh) and appears as a tribal chieftain’s name in Dîvânü Lugât’it-Türk. While there are differing views regarding their ethnic origins, they are generally accepted to have emerged from a mixture of Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic groups. The Kumuks typically reside in the northeastern part of Dagestan, along the Caspian Sea coast.