Karchag (Russian: Карчаг; Lezgian: КIварчагъ; Judeo-Tat: Гъэрчогъ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Karchagsky Selsoviet, Suleyman-Stalsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

[5] At 2 km south of Karchag, in the town of Leger, stone tombs were discovered.

[6] A bronze dagger with an openwork handle from the 12th-11th centuries BC was found in the opened graves.

[7] In the book “Review of Russian Possessions beyond the Caucasus,” published in 1836, Karchag is mentioned among the villages of the Dere and Kam mahallas of Lower Tabasaran.

According to the results of the 1926 census, 724 people lived in Karchag (356 men and 368 women) and all were Lezgins.