{{Infobox settlement | name = Pilek | native_name = Pilek | settlement_type = Former rural locality | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Russia}} | subdivision_type1 = Federal subject | subdivision_name1 = Republic of Dagestan | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Rutulsky District | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Amsar Rural Settlement | pushpin_map = Russia Dagestan#Russia | pushpin_label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|41|37|24|N|47|20|23|E|region:RU|display=inline,title}} | population_total = 149 | population_as_of = 1970 }}
'''Pilek''' ({{langx|rut|Pilek}}) is an abandoned selo in Rutulsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.<ref name="book11">{{cite book |last1=Ramazanov |first1=R. A. |last2=Ramazanov |first2=A. R. |title=Istoriko-epigraficheskie materialy narodov Rutulskogo rayona |publisher=GUP «RGZhT» |location=M.-L. |year=2012 |pages=194 }}</ref> It was part of the Amsar Rural Settlement until its abandonment in the 1970s.
== Geography == Pilek was located on the right slope of the Yukhurmeri river valley, about 2 km north-northeast of Amsar.
== History == Archaeological findings in Pilek included early written monuments.<ref name="book11"/> According to local elders, the village was formed from the union of seven tukhums (patrilineal clans): ''Damyrar'', ''Semedeyer'', ''Mamaïer'', ''Amragyar'', ''Abdulayer'', ''Kartlaïer'', and ''Baghyser''.
In 1869, statistics recorded 12 households with a population of 60.<ref name="book11"/> During the Soviet era, due to harsh mountain conditions, inhabitants gradually resettled to other villages of Rutulsky and Magaramkentsky Districts starting from the 1950s. By the late 1970s, the aul ceased to exist.<ref name="book11"/>
== Population == {| class="wikitable" |+ Population of Pilek !Year !1895<ref>{{cite web|lang=ru|url=https://rusneb.ru/|title=Памятная книжка Дагестанской области|author=E. I. Kozubsky|website=National Electronic Library of Russia|location=Temir-Khan-Shura|publisher="Russkaya tip." V. M. Sorokin|access-date=2022-06-22|archive-date=2014-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701072345/http://www.rusneb.ru/|url-status=live}}</ref> !1926<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lingvarium.org/docs/dagestan-1926.zip|title=All-Union Census of 1926: Dagestan data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924110806/http://www.lingvarium.org/docs/dagestan-1926.zip|archive-date=2021-09-24|access-date=2021-10-25|url-status=live}}</ref> !1939<ref>{{cite book|title=List of settlements with population data according to the 1939 Census of Dagestan ASSR|year=1940|location=Makhachkala|pages=192}}</ref> !1970<ref>{{cite book|title=Composition of settlements of the Dagestan ASSR according to the 1970 Census (statistical collection)|year=1971|location=Makhachkala|publisher=Dagestan Republican Office of Statistics, Goskomstat RSFSR|pages=145}}</ref> |- |Population |63 |117 |108 |149 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Rural localities in Rutulsky District}} Category:Rural localities in Rutulsky District