The Terek (/ˈtɛrɪk/) is a major river in the Northern Caucasus. It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus...
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The Battle of the Terek River was the last major battle of the Tokhtamysh–Timur war. It took place on 14 April 1395, at the Terek River, North Caucasus...
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Terek Cossack Host was a Cossack host created in 1577 from free Cossacks who resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. The local aboriginal Terek Cossacks...
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named after the Terek River which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea, as it was first observed around this area. The Terek sandpiper was formally...
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but Hulagu forced him back in 1262. The Ilkhanid army then crossed the Terek River, capturing an empty Jochid encampment, only to be routed in a surprise...
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Caucasus, he heard an old Terek Cossack woman sing a cradle song, which he transcribed as the Cossack Lullaby. At that time, the Terek Cossacks defended Russia's...
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Russian Navy auxiliary cruiser Terek during the Russo-Japanese War Terek Cossacks, a Cossack host on the Terek River Terek–Kuma Lowland, in the southwestern...
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Chechens, Tamerlane and Tokhtamysh, culminating in the Battle of the Terek River (see Tokhtamysh–Timur war). The Chechen tribes built fortresses, castles...
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Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Terek River, 59 kilometers (37 mi) east of Nalchik. Population: 19,170 (2010 Census)...
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a river in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya, Russia, a tributary of the Terek. It flows northeast inside the great northwest bend of the Terek River...
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Kazikumkh Koysu Samur River Terek River Terek River Terek River Sunzha River Alazani River Rivers and lakes in Azerbaijan RIVERS OF AZERBAIJAN: Samur çayi...
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with the Greater Caucasus to the south, the foreland zone the Terek and Sunza river valleys in the west and east, and the rolling plains of Nogai steppe...
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version of the Terek River delta about 66 km (41 mi) north. The lower Sulak supplies water to Makhachkala through a canal. In 1735 the Sulak River was stipulated...
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1859. Sulak River Andi Koysu Avar Koysu Kara Koysu Kazikumkh Koysu Samur River Terek River Terek River Terek River Sunzha River Alazani River The region...
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Russian Terek Cossack Host was established in lowland Chechnya in 1577 by free Cossacks who were resettled from the Volga to the Terek River. In 1783...
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the Golden Horde. He decisively routed Tokhtamysh in the Battle of the Terek river on 15 April 1395. All the major cities of the khanate were destroyed:...
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27 m (89 ft) below sea level. Its main freshwater inflow, Europe's longest river, the Volga, enters at the shallow north end. Two deep basins form its central...
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the Caucasus Fortified Defense Line from the inlet of Terek River to the inlet of Kuban River while the lower reaches of the Kuban were occupied by the...
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securing the oilfields of the Caspian, and began withdrawing down the Terek River toward the Taman Peninsula. Following the encirclement of the 6th Army...
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eastward for an independent Cossack community on the Terek River. After they were safely across the Don River, he returned home to Zimoveyskaya. The fleeing...
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Terek–Kuma Canal (Russian: Терско-Кумский канал is a canal in southern Russia, and connects between the Terek River and Kuma River. It has a total length...
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village that existed in the 18th–19th centuries on the right bank of the Terek River and in the Tarskoye Valley. According to most sources, the fortress Vladikavkaz...
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the Terek River. They were more-or-less controlled by the Russian governor at Astrakhan, the intervening land being nomad country. South of the Terek in...
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occupied Derbent, Dagestan and Baku, and built fortresses south of the Terek River. The Persians, however, were cautious about challenging these territorial...
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AD War between the Alans, Tamerlan, Tokhtamysh, and the Battle of the Terek River. The Alan tribes build fortresses, castles, and defense walls locking...
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Mozdok (category Terek Oblast)
District in North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As...
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Caspian Sea, areas in North Ossetia, Chechnya and along the banks of the Terek River. They speak the Kumyk language, which until the 1930s had been the lingua...
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Modern scholars have variously identified Samandar with Kizlyar on the Terek River, or with Tarki further south on the Caspian coast. Tarki corresponds...
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Crimean raids, the Russians were forced to destroy of the fort on the Terek River. In 1572 was the battle of Molodi in which the Ottomans dispatched another...
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