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Azerbaijanis in Russia or Russian Azerbaijanis ((アゼルバイジャン語:Rusiya azərbaycanlıları); (ロシア語:Азербайджанцы в России)) are Azerbaijani people in the Russian Federation, and are Russian citizens or permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Aside from the large Azeri community native to Russia's Dagestan Republic, the majority of Azeris in Russia are fairly recent immigrants. Azeris started settling in Russia (with the exception of Dagestan) around the late nineteenth century, but their migration intensified after World War II, and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, there are 603,070 Azeris residing in Russia, however the actual numbers may be much higher due to the arrival of guest workers in the post-Soviet era. The estimated total Azeri population of Russia as of 2002 might have reached as many as 3,000,000 people,〔(Azerbaijan Acts to Limit the Discrimination Against Azeris in Russia ) by Nailia Sohbetqizi. ''Eurasianet.org''. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2006〕 with more than one and half million of them living in Moscow, though in the following decade there was a tendency for many Azeris to move back to Azerbaijan.〔Mammadov, Ramiz. (Ethnic Azeris Returning Home, Says Expert ). ''Aze.az''. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 The majority of post-1991 ethnic Azeri migrants have come to Russia from rural Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. Today most provinces of Russia have more or less significant Azeri communities, the biggest ones, according to official numbers, residing in Dagestan, Moscow, Khanty–Mansi, Krasnoyarsk, Rostov-on-the-Don, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Samara, Stavropol, etc.〔(2002 All-Russian Population Census ). Official website. Retrieved 15 September 2006〕 ==Dagestan== As of 2010, 130,919 Azeris lived in the Dagestan Republic, which makes them the region's sixth-largest ethnic group and 4.5% of its total population. Most of them are natives of the city of Derbent living in the historical quarter Mahal and making up about one-third of the city's population. Azeris constitute 58% of the population of the Derbentsky District (more than 20 towns and villages), 18% of that of the Tabasaransky District 2.35% in the Kizlyarsky District (villages of Bolshebredikhinskoye and Persidskoye),〔()〕 1.64% in the Magaramkent Rayon, and 1.56% in the Rutul Rayon. The rest live in the cities of Makhachkala, Khasavyurt, Buynaksk and Kizlyar.〔(Islam and the Problems of National Security in the Southern Federal District ) by K. Khanbabaev. ''RIA-Dagestan'' News Agency. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2006 (in Russian)〕 Among cultural benefits, available to Dagestani Azeris, there are newspapers and magazines printed in the Azeri language, 72 public schools where Azeri is taught as a second language, and the Azeri Folk Theater in Derbent, founded in 1904.〔(History of the Azerbaijani State Drama Theatre in Derbent ).〕 Historically Azeris of Dagestan were engaged in carpet weaving, currying, jewellery- and copper utensils making.〔(The Peoples of Dagestan ). Lakia.net. Retrieved 15 September 2006 (in Russian)〕 Rural Azeris were occupied in farming.〔 Most Azeris of Dagestan are Shia Muslim, although Hanafi and Shafi'i Sunnis are found among the rural population. There is a small number of Naqshbandi Sufism adherents.〔 Igor Dobayev. ''Radicalisation of Islamic Movements in Central Asia and the North Caucasus: A Comparative Political Analysis''. (Chapter IV: Islam and Islamism in the Republic of Dagestan ). СКНЦ ВШ ЮФУ: Moscow, 2010.〕 In 2000, in a presidential decree, Azeris along with 13 other ethnic groups of Dagestan received the status of a native community of Dagestan.〔(Decree 191 of the Dagestan State Council "On the Native Communities of Dagestan" ).〕 As of 2011, there are four Azeri members of the Dagestan State Council.〔(Number of Azeris in Dagestan Increasing ). Timeturk Azerbaijan. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2012.〕 Beginning in 2014, the Azeri population of Derbent voiced its concern due to the government's indifference towards the poor state of infrastructure and frequent acts of vandalism against Azeri cultural landmarks in the city. In October 2014, the bust of an ethnic Azeri World War II participant, Hero of the Soviet Union Captain Shamsullah Aliyev was removed from its original spot in the Military Glory Park and, according to a local, left in a dumpster. When a group of Azeris inquired from the local authorities, they reported being told that the government had decided to a build a fountain where the bust used to stand. The bust was then retrieved from the dumpster through efforts of the Azeri community and transferred over to the yard of a street cafe owned by an ethnic Azeri.〔(Monument of Azeri Hero Demolished in Derbent ). ''Haqqin.az''. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 On 11 January 2015, 200 members of the Azeri community took to the streets of Derbent demanding the withdrawal of the candidacy of the incumbent mayor Imam Yaraliyev (an ethnic Lezgian) in the upcoming city council election. They accused him and his team of corruption and negligence of the worn-out infrastructure of the city's old (an mainly Azeri-populated) part.〔Adamova, Rahimat. (Azeris Took to Derbent Streets ). ''Haqqin.az''. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 Despite the protests, Yaraliyev's candidacy was upheld and he was elected as mayor for the next electoral period.〔Adamova, Rahimat. (Azeris Fruitless Protest: Yaraliyev Reappointed as Mayor ). ''Haqqin.az''. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 In addition, due to changes in the government of the Derbent Rayon, some ethnic Azeris traditionally occupying key positions (including that of the head of the regional executive power) were replaced by non-Azeris.〔(Another Azeri Deposed in Derbent ). ''Haqqin.az''. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 Throughout the second week of January 2015, the tomb of Seyid Mir-Gafar agha, venerated by the local Azeris as a sanctuary, was repeatedly vandalised.〔(Unrest in Derbent: Azeris on Verge of Protesting ). ''Haqqin.az''. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕〔Adamova, Rahimat. (Another Azeri Sanctuary Vandalised in Derbent ). ''Haqqin.az''. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 Around the same time, another act of vandalism was committed against the monument of the poet Nizami in an apparent attempt to burn it.〔(Nizami Monument Vandalised Thus ). ''Haqqin.az''. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 As a temporary measure, on 21 January, Mahammad Jalilov, an ethnic Azeri, was appointed acting head of the municipal power of the Derbent Rayon.〔Rahimat Adamova. (Azeri Appointed Head of Derbent Rayon ). ''Haqqin.az''. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.〕 On 22 January, the recent election to the city council of Derbent was declared void, and Imam Yaraliyev's second mayoral term was annulled. The decision followed a police search on 15 January and seizure of documents from the office of the executive power, reportedly related to illegal land sales.〔Rahimat Adamova. (Derbent Mayoral Elections Declared Void ). ''Haqqin.az''. 22 January 2015.〕 American political analyst Paul Goble characterised these events as "the boiling point" in the interethnic relations in Derbent and did not exclude the possibility of them leading to an ethnic conflict that would threaten to extend across the Russian–Azerbaijani border.〔Goble, Paul. (City on Russian-Azerbaijani Border Ready to Explode ). Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 7. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azerbaijanis in Russia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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