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    Dagestan (/ˌdæɡɪˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn/ DAG-i-STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated...
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    The 1999 war in Dagestan, also known as the Dagestan incursions (Russian: Война в Дагестане), was an armed conflict that began when the Chechen-based Islamic...
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    or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468...
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    the largest of several ethnic groups living in the Russian republic of Dagestan. The Avars reside in the North Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian...
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    The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991), abbreviated as Dagestan ASSR or DASSR and also unofficially known as Soviet Dagestan or...
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    launched in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the Russian republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. Two synagogues, two Eastern Orthodox churches, and...
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  • the Russian republic of Dagestan. Despite its relatively small population of approximately 3.1 million, the Republic of Dagestan has historically produced...
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    Historically, Dagestan consisted of a federation of mountainous principalities in the eastern part of the North Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of...
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    The coat of arms of Dagestan (Russian: Герб Дагестана, Avar: Дагъистаналъул герб, Azerbaijani: Дағыстанын ҝерби, romanized: Dağıstanın gerbi, Lezgian:...
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    Kumyks (redirect from Dagestan Turks)
    romanized: Qumuqlar, Russian: Кумыки) are a Turkic ethnic group living in Dagestan, Chechnya and North Ossetia. They are the largest Turkic people in the...
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  • My Dagestan (Avar: Дир Дагъистан, romanized: Dir dagistan) is a book written in the Avar language by the Dagestani poet Rasul Gamzatov. The book does not...
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    Messages about "refugees from Israel" arriving in Dagestan were published by the "Morning Dagestan" Telegram channel, which was launched by Russian-Ukrainian...
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    within Dagestan in the North Caucasus. They speak the Lak language. Laks historically live in the Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts of Dagestan. This ethnocultural...
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    The flag of Dagestan was adopted after the transformation of the Dagestan ASSR into the Republic of Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The flag was...
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  • резня, romanized: Tukhcharskaya reznya) was an incident during the War in Dagestan which was filmed and distributed on tape, in which Russian prisoners of...
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    the remote village of Burshi (then part of Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union, now part of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia). Makhachev's father grew tomatoes...
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    Republic of Dagestan which is a federal subject in the Russian Federation. It is one of the largest higher educational institutions in Dagestan and a major...
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    The following is a list of leaders of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (the Dagestan ASSR). It lists heads of state, heads of government...
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  • Dagestan or Daghestan may refer to: Republic of Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1993), an administrative...
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    Judaism in Dagestan is mainly practiced by Mountain Jews. By the beginning of the 8th century BCE Mountain Jews had reached Persia from Israel. Under the...
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    Christianity ranks second in Dagestan in terms of the number of its followers after Islam. There are around 140,000 Christians, including denominations...
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    the Republic of Dagestan is the highest official and the head of the executive power of the Republic of Dagestan. The Head is Dagestan’s Head of State and...
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    Lezgins (category Ethnic groups in Dagestan)
    are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin...
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    republic of Dagestan. They speak the various Dargin languages. According to the 2021 Census, Dargins make up 16.6% of the population of Dagestan, with 521...
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    romanized: Imāmat Shamal al Qawqāz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus...
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  • The Liberation Army of Dagestan (also known as the Dagestan Liberation Army or the Army of the Liberation of Dagestan) was a nonexistent militant organization...
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    of Dagestan, known in Russia as the Kadar zone (Russian: Кадарская зона), was an Islamist political entity in the Buynaksky District of Dagestan consisting...
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  • Federation by federal subject Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) Official Website of Tsumadinsky District, Republic of Dagestan...
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    September 1988 in the village of Sildi in the Tsumadinsky District of the Dagestan ASSR, an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He...
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    Vilayat Dagestan (lit. 'Province of Dagestan'; Russian: Вилайят Дагестан, romanized: Vilayyat Dagestan), formerly known as Shariat Jamaat, was an Islamist...
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