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Gimry
Gimry is an Avar village in the mountains of Dagestan, Russia, the birthplace of both Ghazi Muhammad, the first imam of the Caucasian Imamate, and Imam Shamil. In 1832 Russian troops stormed it; Ghazi Muhammad was killed defending it, while the wounded Shamil escaped.
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