The brochure contains politically significant information about Dagestanis living in Azerbaijan. The main milestones in the history of the Dagestan peoples of Azerbaijan from the moment they acquired independence to 2005 inclusive are briefly outlined. The article describes the peculiarities of the socio-economic situation in the border areas on both sides of the Dagestan section of the Russian-Azerbaijani border. An important place is given to the policy of the Azerbaijani authorities in the field of education, preservation of the languages and culture of the Dagestan ethnic group. The reader is also offered a kind of ethnocultural reference book on the territories and the Dagestan peoples of Azerbaijan living on them.