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 | | For this reason the local militias helped the federal forces against the "mujahadin." In general, the idea of jihad (or "gazawat" as it was called in the North Caucasus) is hardly alien to the Dagestani consciousness. |
 | | It is particularly viable among the Avars, Dargins, Laks and Akkin Chechens. |
 | | According to the 1989 census, the population of Dagestan was 27.5% Avar, 15.5% Dargin, 12.9% Kumyk, 12.4% Lezgin, 9.2% Russian, 5.1% Lak, 4.3% Tabaseran, 4.2% Azeri, 3.2% Chechen, etc. |
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