Gimry

Gimry
Гимры
Other transcription(s)
  AvarГенуб
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Gimry
Location of Gimry
Gimry
Gimry (Republic of Dagestan)
Coordinates: 42°45′26″N 46°50′44″E / 42.75722°N 46.84556°E / 42.75722; 46.84556
CountryRussia
Federal subjectDagestan
Administrative districtUntsukulsky District
Population
  Total
4,654
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
368951
Dialing code(s)+7 87257
OKTMO ID82653420101

Gimry (Russian: Гимры, Avar: Генуб, romanized: Genub) is a rural locality (a selo) in Untsukulsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is known as the birthplace of two Dagestani imams, Ghazi Muhammad and Shamil, who resisted Russian expansion into the region in the nineteenth century. Population: 4,654(2010 Census); 3,362(2002 Census).