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Elmarz-Khadzhi Khautiev is the last pagan priest of Ingushetia. At the age of 117, he abandoned the religion of his ancestors and converted to Islam. He made the Hajj to Mecca twice: in 1905 and 1908. He lived to be 157 years old #History #Personality #Islam #Religion #Caucasus #Ingushetia #Russia #Mountains