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The Tukhchar massacre ( Russian: Тухчарская резня, romanized : Tukhcharskaya reznya) was an incident during the War in Dagestan which was filmed and distributed on tape, in which Russian prisoners of war were executed. Throughout the battle, Russian soldiers reported finding taped executions of Russian officers and men. [1]
The language spoken by Mountain Jews, called Judeo-Tat, is an ancient Southwest Iranian language which integrates many elements of Ancient Hebrew. [10] It is believed that Mountain Jews in Persia, as early as the 8th century BCE, continued to migrate east; settling in mountainous areas of the Caucasus.
Dagestan ( / ˌdæɡɪˈstæn, - ˈstɑːn / DAG-ə-STA (H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan] ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, [a] is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Federal ...
Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs, a full-face veil with an opening for the eyes, as a security measure following deadly attacks by ...
Over the years, Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. Officials say five gunmen in the regional capital of Makhachkala ...
At least 20 people, including an Orthodox priest and several police officers were killed in multiple attacks in the Russian region of Dagestan on Sunday. - Just before 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT ...
The name Dagestan historically refers to the eastern Caucasus, taken by the Russian Empire in 1860 and renamed the Dagestan Oblast. The current, more autonomous Republic of Dagestan covers a much larger territory, established in 1921 as the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, by the inclusion of the eastern part of the Terek Oblast .
June 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM. MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s southern region of Dagestan held the first of three days of mourning Monday following an attack by Islamic militants who authorities say ...