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The article is devoted to description of changes in traditional metallurgy of Daghestan in connection with the development of Russian industry in the first half of the ХIХ century, the development of new technologies of metal processing in the province (locksmith business, etc.). There is an expansion of directions in the assortment of metal products, which appeared in Daghestan in the second half of the XIX – the beginning of the XX centuries. Many processes are illustrated by examples from the craft history of the famous Harbuk blacksmith center.

The article deals with the characteristics of blacksmith and jewelry crafts associated with the manufacture of metal parts for horse harness in the Dagestan traditional culture. It is written on the basis of ethnographic materials of historically famous crafts of the villages of Kubachi, Harbuk, and Amuzgi. Language materials were also used. Acknowledgements: The authors express their gratitude to the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor M. S. Gadzhiev for his consultations during the preparation of the article.

The collection includes materials of the VII International Scientific Conference "Caucasian Languages: Genetic-Typological Communities and Areal Relations", held on June 24-25, 2021 in Makhachkala. Articles are written on the basis of reports read at this conference. They are devoted to various aspects of the study of genetic-typological communities and areal connections of the Caucasian and foreign-structural languages. For linguists, students of philological faculties of universities and a wide range of readers. Articles are published in the author's edition.