A teacher in Dagestan walks 14 kilometers through the mountains to work every day.

Teacher Khadijat Magomedova has been walking 14 kilometers daily along mountain roads for nine years to teach children in the village of Khonok in the Shamil district. Residents of the republic, commenting on a video story about Magomedova on social media, urged the authorities to raise her salary and provide transportation.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", Dagestani educators have repeatedly complained about unpaid and low salaries. For instance, in September of this year, teachers from the Energy College in Kaspiysk stated that they had not received their salaries since February and were forced to take loans and borrow money to feed their families. After a public appeal from the staff, the prosecutor's office reported on September 30 that the debt to 68 employees had been repaid in the amount of over 15 million rubles.

Magomedova walks seven kilometers to work in both directions.

Bloggers Semyon Rasputin filmed a video about teacher Khadijat Magomedova, who has been walking to work for nine years from one mountain village to another. According to the blogger, the seven-kilometer road takes two hours one way, and in the evening, the woman has to return the same route. On her way, she encountered wild animals.

"And there was such a strong rockfall," - said Khadijat Magomedova in a video published on October 24 on the Instagram*-page makhachkala_.

Magomedova heads the Khonok Primary School in the Dagestani village of Khonok and also teaches there. Currently, there are two classes and only three students - two boys and a girl. Children from different grades study simultaneously in one room, Rasputin reported.

The teacher leaves home at seven in the morning. Her village and school are located on different mountains: first, the woman needs to descend about 400 meters, and then climb another mountain. Including the return trip, she walks 14 kilometers daily, he explained.

The teacher recalled how she encountered a wolf on her way. "I was going down and heard howling. I looked, and there it was sitting in the clearing and howling," - said Magomedova.

According to the blogger, the encounter ended without consequences, and the animal went back into the mountains.

Commentators called for raising Khadijat's salary

As of 06:50 Moscow time on October 26, the video about Khadijat Magomedova on the Instagram*-page makhachkala_, which has about 256.6 thousand subscribers, received 1,571 likes and 75 comments.

She deserves a car from the state.

Commentators urged the authorities to increase Magomedova's pay. "She should be given a salary of 100 thousand," - wrote bagandov_ruslan_.

"She needs a double salary! Even the wolf spared her and left!" - noted yana_gid.

Other commentators criticized the lack of assistance from the state and suggested organizing transportation for the teacher to work.

"She deserves more. A car for her, so she can be taken to and from work. She has three small children, a husband, and a household; I wonder how she manages. Recently, she received a certificate for Umrah, given as the best, respected person in the village. The state has zero reaction to such moments. We will have to announce a collection ourselves so that Khadijat can travel to work every day. Good luck to you, Khadijat, you have achieved a lot on your own," - wrote user khadigat_g.

"She is definitely a deserving teacher of Dagestan, not those who drive a hundred meters to work in nice foreign cars. She deserves a car from the state. Let's support her and give her likes," - suggested ekskursia_po_dagestanu.

Several users shared that their relatives and teachers also walked to neighboring villages.

"My mom worked exactly like that for 40 years. Every day," - wrote miss_senyora0.

"I also have a sister who is a teacher: she walks every day to the neighboring village to teach children. Cold, hot, snow, mud - she doesn't pay attention to that and goes," - shared gnzeoli040.

"We also had teachers in the mountains who taught us the same way. Praise and honor to such people," - noted gulperi.m3.