Sogratl

Sogratl (; ) 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. There are 4 streets.

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.

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 Abigasanov (1915–1971), military prosecutor, Avar poet, translator, prose writer, and playwright;

• Patimat Nurmagomedovna Abigasanova, 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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