Notable Residents
- Vakha Arsanov (1950–2005), vice president in Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Rustam Asildarov (b. 1981), militant leader of the Shariat Jamaat organisation in Dagestan
- Rasul Gamzatov (1923—2003), poet
- Abdulkhakim Ismailov (1916—2010), World War II soldier
- Rappani Khalilov (1969–2007), militant leader of the Shariat Jamaat of the Caucasian Front during the Second Chechen War, in Dagestan
- Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (b. 1978), freestyle wrestler who competed for Russia in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won a world title in 1997
- Ilgar Mollachiev, militant leader of the Shariat Jamaat of the Caucasian Front in the Second Chechen War, in Dagestan
- Yagutil Mishiev (b. 1927), writer
- Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspects in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings
- Israel Tsvaygenbaum (b. 1961), artist
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