Place · river
Samur River
The Samur is a river of the eastern Caucasus, about 213 kilometres long, rising in southern Dagestan and flowing to the Caspian Sea. Its lower course forms part of the border between Russia and Azerbaijan. The Samur valley is the homeland of the Lezgins and was the core of the Kurin Khanate under Russian rule.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Samur River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/samur-river
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