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History of the Jews in Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijani Jews יהדות אזרבייג'ן Azərbaycan yəhudiləri Total population 10,000-30,000 [1] Languages Hebrew (in Israel), Azerbaijani, Judeo-Tat, Russian Religion Judaism Related ethnic groups Mountain Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Georgian Jews. Today, Jews in Azerbaijan mainly consist of three distinct groups: Mountain Jews, the most sizable and most ancient group; Ashkenazi Jews, who settled in the area during the late 19th-early 20th centuries, and during World War II; and Georgian Jews who settled mainly in Baku during the early part of the 20th century. Contents 1 Distribution 2 History 3 Mountain Jews 4 Ashkenazi Jews 5 Other Jewish subgroups 6 Gerim and Subbotniks 7 Life of the community 8 Historical demographics 9 Famous Azerbaijani Jews 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Distribution Historically, Jews in Azerbaijan have been represented by various subgroups, mainly Mountain Jews, Ashkenazi...

Tat language (Caucasus)

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This article is about a southwestern Iranian language spoken in the Caucasus. For the group of northwestern Iranian languages spoken in Iran, see Tati (Iran). This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian . (September 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Russian article. Machine translation like Deepl or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attributio...