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Tarjal (Yeni Tarjal) - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into the
same name Community of Gusar Precinct; not
affected by pogroms as the villagers succeeded
in putting up an armed resistance. Meanwhile
some village residents were killed in the course
of violent events in the town of Guba. Nowadays
a part of Samur rural administrative unit, Gusar
District.
Teke
(Teke-Shykhy)
- a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Muguch Community, the Police Precinct of Fet-
hibey 5, subject to pogrom. No village under
this name exists at the moment.
Turkey - a country located in South-East Asia and South
Europe. Official name: The Republic of Turkey. In
its present-day shape the country was formed
in the early 1920’s as a result of collapse of
the Ottoman Empire, demise of monarchy and
gradual transformation of the areas dominated
by ethnic Turks into the nation-state of Turkey.
The bulk of the country’s territory embraces
Asia Minor. (the Peninsula of Anatolia) washed
by the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Turkey
shares the border with Georgia, Armenia, Azer-
baijan and Iran in the east, Iraq and Syria in the
south, Greece and Bulgaria in the west
Uchgun
(Uchgun
Gyshlaghy)
- a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into the
same name Community, the Police Precinct of
Fethibey 5, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part
of Kupchal rural administrative unit, Guba Dis-
trict.
Ukur-Oba - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Uchgun Community, the Police Precinct of
Mushkur, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part
of Yalama rural administrative unit, Khachmaz
District.
Urva - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Avran Community, the Police Precinct of Gusar,
INDEX of Administrative Units and Place Names