Introduction to Makhachkala

Established in 1844 and 1857. 186 1- 1870 built artificial port, and the Rostov-Baku railway reached 1896. The industries are mainly oil exploitation, oil refining, petrochemical industry and electric welding equipment, followed by food processing and textile industry. Transshipment goods mainly include oil, timber, grain, fruit, fish, sugar and cotton. There are Dagestan branch of Russian Academy of Sciences and several institutions of higher learning.