Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro,Juvuro,Juhuri,Juwuri, Juhurim,Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews are Jews of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. The Mountain Jews are the descendants of Persian Jews from Iran. Mountain Jews took shape as a community after Qajar Iran ceded the areas in which they lived to the Russian Empire as part of the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813.
The Order of Friendship is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at the betterment of relations with the Russian Federation and its people. The design of order was created by Alexander Zhuk. Its statute was later amended by presidential decree 19 of 6 January 1999, presidential decree 1999 of 7 September 2010, presidential decree 1631 of 16 December 2011, and presidential decree 308 of 16 March 2012. The Order of Friendship is the direct successor of the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples and like the latter, its insignia was similarly designed by Alexander Zhuk.
The history of the Jews in Azerbaijan dates back many centuries. 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.
Qırmızı Qəsəbə, translated as "Red Town", is a village and municipality in the Quba District of Azerbaijan. As of 2010, it had a population of 3,598, mostly Jews. It is widely believed to be the world's only population centre exclusively made up of Jewish people outside of Israel and the United States, and is likewise considered to be the last surviving shtetl.
The State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan is the regional parliament of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia. It consists of 100 deputies elected for five-year terms; 50 deputies are elected by single-member constituencies while the other 50 are elected in party lists.
The Governor of Amur Oblast is the head of the executive branch of the government of Amur Oblast, a federal subject of Russia.
The Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast is the regional parliament of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 19 deputies are elected for five-year terms.
God Semenovich Nisanov is a Russian-Azerbaijani billionaire property developer who is the chairman of Kievskaya Square, the largest Russian commercial estate holding.
Yulianna Yurievna Karaulova is a Russian singer, former lead singer of 5sta Family, and a former finalist of Fabrika Zvyozd 5.
The Moscow Suvorov Military School (MsSVU) is a military educational institution of secondary education of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. It was the first of the Suvorov Military Schools founded in the Soviet Union.
Valery Davidovich Rubinchik was a Soviet, Belarusian and Russian film director and screenwriter.
World Congress of Mountain Jews (WCMJ) is an active, international non-governmental organization that provides opportunities for Mountain Jews, who are dispersed worldwide. WCMJ seeks to bring together the Mountain Jew population to maintain and share traditions and cultural values through cooperation with international society. The organisation plays an integral cultural role for Mountain Jews globally, through official representation of their interests – which includes engagement with governmental and social bodies. It brings together the mountain Jews of Israel, United States, Russia, Canada, Azerbaijan, Germany, Austria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and other countries.
Foxtrot is a Ukrainian chain of electronics and home appliances stores.
Alexander Alexandrovich Kozlov is a Russian politician serving as the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia since 10 November 2020.
Rámi Méir was a Soviet-born Israeli visual artist, poet, singer, author of song lyrics, idioms and parables. Meir was the chairman of Russia's Mountain Jewish Union of Artists.
Viktoriya Petrovna Dayneko is a Russian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2004, she started her career in Russia after her victory at the Star Factory-5 All-Russian TV show. Dayneko's songs have topped the Russian charts, and the music video of the "Bei Sebia" song has garnered more than 30 million YouTube views. Dayneko has also won Russian music award Golden Gramophone several times. She was declared as a Singer of the Year by Russian Glamour magazine and by Russian Fashion TV. She has appeared on the cover of Russian Playboy magazine three times.
Judeo-Tat literature is the literature of the Mountain Jews in the Juhuri language.
Olga Borisovna Meganskaya is a Russian singer, model and former member of Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos.
The National Patriotic Forces of Russia, also known as Left-wing Patriotic Forces, is a Russian coalition of left and right nationalist political groups that are allied with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Shats is a Russian TV host, actor, YouTuber, and opposition activist. He is also known as a former member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition.
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