Savva Bogatyrev photography

2009

The Archins are an ethnic group who live in eight villages in Southern Dagestan, Russia. Archib is the parent village of these. From Archib the other seven villages grew and for three months a year the whole community used to reassemble in Archi to engage in communal work. Their culture is one of the most distinct and best-preserved of all the cultures of Dagestan.

They speak their own Archi language and have a total population of about 1200.

Bonus-tracks:

Slideshow with sounds
On the road