Toponyms and their study in the Caucasus territory and tribal descriptive material collection (SMOMPK)

In terms of being very important source of oral folk literature, ethnography, history, ethnopsychology, etc. of the Azerbaijani people, CMDLCT (SMOMPK) collection has been over a century since the launch of the first edition, its interest still does not diminish. The reason for this is undoubtedly the compilation of an important part of the national-moral culture of the Azerbaijani people. Published by the Caucasian Education Department in Tbilisi, this collection is in Russian language and was considered as one of the most important sources in the study of traditions and customs of the Azerbaijani people and the names of the places in Azerbaijan, including other nations of Caucasus. From 1881 to 1929, a collection of materials about the various fields of science in the Caucasus was published by SMOMPK (CMDLCT, a collection of materials of description of locality of Caucasus tribes). The article deals with the investigation of the toponyms found in the SMOMPK paper.