title: Khuri, Republic of Dagestan
text: # Khuri, Republic of Dagestan
  
  Khuri (Russian: Хури; Lak: Хьур) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Khurinsky Selsoviet, Laksky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 518 as of 2010. There are 3 streets.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Khuri is located 141 km southwest of Makhachkala, 2 km northeast of Kumukh (the district's administrative centre) by road, on the right bank of the Kazikumukhskoye Koysu River. Kumukh and Khurukra are the nearest rural localities.
  
  ## Nationalities
  
  Laks live there.
  
  ## Famous residents
  
  * Mikail Kalilov (general)
  * Khayrutdin Gadzhiyev (cardiologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, author and co-author of about 200 scientific works)
  * Gabib Tsakhayev (physiologist, doctor of natural sciences, doctor of biological sciences, member of the International Academy of Cosmononautics, professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences)
  * Nabi Tsakhayev (doctor of medical Sciences, professor)
  * Zaidat Musayeva (neurologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor)
  
  ## Sights
  
  * Kumukh fortress
  * Mosque-museum built in 1572.
  * Cannons of the tsarist army of the 18th century.
  * Mausoleum "Musa katta".
  * Vacilou mount
  