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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 ...
Makhachkala, [a] previously known as Petrovskoye [b] (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk [c] (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, [10] is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468.13 square kilometres (180.75 square miles), with a population of over 623,254 ...
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 .
Dagestan Nature Reserve ( Russian: Дагестанский заповедник) (also Dagestansky) is a Russian ' zapovednik ' (strict nature reserve) that protects an area of sand dunes and ridges on the northwest coast of the Caspian Sea in the southeast of European Russia. The reserve, a wintering place for migratory birds, is the richest ...
Lezgins ( Lezgian: Лезгияр[ 7] IPA: lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin language. Their social structure is firmly based on equality and deference to individuality. Lezgin society is structured around djamaat ...
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 ...
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The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic [a] (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR [b] or DASSR [c] and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or just simply Dagestan, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union. This "Land of Mountains" was known also for having a "mountain of peoples," with more ...