Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan

Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan
The Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan is a republican holiday, which is celebrated annually on September 15, starting in 2011. It was established in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic No. 104 of July 6, 2011, in order to unite and consolidate the multinational people of Dagestan, and is an official day off.
The events to which this holiday is timed took place in 1741. In the middle of the 18th century, the great Iranian commander Nadir Shah, at the head of a well-armed army of 100, moved to the Caucasus. He intended to pass in two huge columns through Derbent, Kaitag and shamkhalstvo Tarkovskoye to the capital of the Mehtuli Khanate, Dzhengutai, on the one hand, and through Shah-Dag, Mogu-dare, Kazi-Kumukh and Khunzakh, on the other, in order to conquer all of Dagestan as a result.
At first, Nadir Shah's plans of conquest were carried out exactly as he had planned. The huge army won one victory after another, inflicting reprisals against the population along the way. As a result, having taken Kazi-Kumukh along the way, the Shah's troops reached the borders of Andalal. The invasion of the city began on September 12, 1741.
The decisive battle in Andalal territory lasted five days. The heroism of the defenders of their native land has become a mass phenomenon. Thus began the expulsion of the Shah from the Dagestan land.
The Andalal victory strengthened the geopolitical significance of Dagestan as an important strategic bridge between West and East, becoming a convincing evidence of the strength and power of the Dagestani peoples. But the memory of the heroes was consigned to oblivion for several centuries.
In December 2010, at the III Congress of the Peoples of Dagestan, it was decided to introduce a new holiday in the republic - the Day of the Unity of the Peoples of Dagestan. By a decree of the President of the Republic of Dagestan dated July 6, 2011, it was decided to celebrate it on September 15, the day when the Dagestan army put the hordes of Nadir Shah into flight.
On the very same holiday, already traditionally, various solemn events, folk festivals, concerts of folklore groups, sports competitions in national sports, fairs and other actions and events are held throughout the Republic. Educational and scientific institutions for this day arrange open lessons, historical expositions, photo and book exhibitions.