Gimry (Russian: Гимры) is a rural locality (a selo) in Untsukulsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the mountain where Imam Shamil, the third Imam of Dagestan, was born. Gimry is located on the east bank of the north-flowing Avar Koysu river at the bottom of a 5000-foot deep canyon. On the east side the upper 1500 feet are nearly vertical. It is at the mouth of a side canyon that extends about 7 kilometers southeast.
Gimry was part of a group of villages called or Koysubu or Hindal. It was a center of resistance to Russia during the Murid War (1829-1859). Both Kazi Mulla and Imam Shamilwere born here in the 1790s. In 1830, Baron Rosen tried to attack it and gave up. In 1832, Kazi Mulla died here during the Battle of Gimry. In 1834, Lanskoy attacked it. In 1837, the Russians were defeated just to the north at the battle of the Ashitla bridge. Source: Wikipedia
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