The article deals with the main types of occupations of the Kyura residents, the economic situation of the Kyura in the late XVIII - early XIX century, as well as the trade and economic relations with neighbouring nations. It describes the development of agriculture as the main activity in the plains and foothills. The development of cattle breeding, which is of exceptional importance for the Kyura residents, is under consideration in the article. A brief analysis of the development of local crafts of great importance for the unions of rural communities of southern Dagestan is given in the article.