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| Total population | |
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| c. 4,000 (2002 estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia | 2,172 (2021)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Godoberi language | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Northeast Caucasian peoples | |
TheGodoberi are one of theAndi-Dido peoples ofDagestan. They numbered 1,425 in 1926 and about 4,500 in 2007. They live mainly in the three villages ofGodoberi (abt 2500), Ziberkhali (abt 60) and Beledi (abt 10) in theBotlikhsky District. About 1,800 Godoberis live on the plains of Dagestan in Terechnoye (close to the city of Khasavyurt).
Most Godoberi are followers ofSunni Islam.[2] They adopted the religion by the 16th century due to the influence ofSufi missionaries.[3]
They had their own feudal free community that had a loose relationship with theAvar Khanate prior to the annexation of the area to Russia in 1806.[4]
During the transition from Czarist to Communist rule many Godoberi became involved in nationalistic and pan-Islamic movements. Among these wereFirkatul-Vedzhan. Large numbers of the supporters of such movements were killed by Soviet authorities around 1930.
Kolga et al.,The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, p. 129-132.
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