Laks (Caucasus)

Northeast Caucasian language

Lak people of Dagestan

Islam Ramazanovich Makhachev is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and former sambo competitor. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion and former UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2010, along with becoming a combat sambo world champion in 2016 and two-time Russian national champion at 74 kg. As of 18 November 2025, he is #1 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

Crimean Tatar WWII flying ace, test pilot, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1971)

Soviet cosmonaut

municipal district in Russia

municipal district in Russia

Kumukh (; ), also known as Gazi Kumukh, is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan. It is located on the banks of the Kazikumukh Koysu, a branch of the Sulak River.

Olympic wrestler

250px|right|thumb 250px|right|thumb Vachi (; ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kulinsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: The population is predominantly Lak.

Soviet and Russian composer and conductor (1931–2023)

Feudal formation created as a result of the collapse of the Tarkov Shamkhalate (Kumyk feudal state)

Russian historian (1928-2017)

a mythical state introduced into circulation in the 20th century

Russian mixed martial arts fighter

politician (1959-2003)

ancestor-eponym of the Lek tribe of the North Caucasus

Russian mixed martial arts fighter