Caucasian Albania
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Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly overlapping the region of present-day Azerbaijan. The modern endonyms for the area are Aghwank
Caucasian Albania until 387
A column capital with an Albanian inscription from a 7th-century church in Mingachevir (Azerbaijan State Museum of History)
The ruins of the gates of the Albanian capital Qabala
Roman inscription in Gobustan, Baku, left by Legio XII Fulminata
Udi people
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The Udi are a Lezgic people group native to the Caucasus that live mainly in Russia and Azerbaijan, with smaller populations in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and other countries. Their total
Caucasian Albania
…times in the Caucasus, mostly overlapping the region of present-day Azerbaijan. The modern endonyms for the area are Aghwank and Aluank, among the Udi people, who regard themselves as descended from the inhabitants of Caucasian Albania. However, its original endonym is unknown. The name Albania is derived…
Udi woman as depicted by Max Karl Tilke