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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 ...
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 .
In the west, it borders North Ossetia and Ingushetia, in the north, Stavropol Krai, in the east, Dagestan, and to the south, Georgia. Its capital is Grozny. Chechnya is well known for being mountainous, but it is in fact split between the more flat areas north of the Terek, and the highlands south of the Terek.
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Republics of Russia. The republics are one type of federal subject of the Russian Federation . 21 republics are internationally recognized as part of Russia; another is under its de facto control. [ 1][ 2][ 3][ b] The original republics were created as nation states for ethnic minorities. The indigenous ethnicity that gives its name to the ...
June 24, 2024 at 8:33 AM. Over the years, Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. This weekend, there was more bloodshed ...
Module:Location map/data/Caspian Sea. Module:Location map/data/Caspian Sea is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Caspian Sea. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Cities and towns in the Republic of Dagestan, in the North Caucasus region of southwestern Russia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.