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Sulak Canyon is one of the world's deepest canyons Kakhib, one of many abandoned auls in Dagestan Abandoned Lezgin village of Grar. Dagestan (/ ˌ d æ ɡ ɪ ˈ s t æ n,-ˈ s t ɑː n / 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.
Historically, Dagestan consisted of a federation of mountainous principalities in the eastern part of the North Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of world civilizations of north and south, Dagestan was the scene of clashes of interests of many states and until the early 19th century, most notably between Iran and the Russian Empire .
The Caucasus ( / ˈkɔːkəsəs /) or Caucasia[ 3][ 4] ( / kɔːˈkeɪʒə / ), is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically been considered as a natural barrier ...
On 21 December 1917, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan declared independence from Russia and formed a single state: "United Mountain Dwellers of the North Caucasus" (also known as the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus) which was recognized by major world powers. The capital of the new state was moved to Temir-Khan-Shura (Dagestan).
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 ...
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
Derbent is at the foot of the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains, seen here in a photo taken by the MODIS on the orbiting Terra satellite, June 2003. Derbent (Russian: Дербе́нт; Avar: Дербенд; Azerbaijani: Дәрбәнд, romanized: Dərbənd; Lezgian: Кьвевар, Цал; Rutul: Derbend), formerly romanized as Derbend, [7] is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea.
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 ...