Dagestan (/ˌdæɡɪˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn/ DAG-ə-STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated...
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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 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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Avars (Caucasus) (redirect from Avars (Dagestan))
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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Makhachkala (redirect from Makhachkala, Dagestan)
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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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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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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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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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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The flag of the Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Флаг Дагестана; Avar: Дагъистаналъул байрахъ; Azerbaijani: Дағыстан бајрағы, romanized: Dağıstan bayrağı;...
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Laks (Caucasus) (redirect from Laks (Dagestan))
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 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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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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Caucasian Imamate (redirect from Imamate, Dagestan)
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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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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Tukhchar massacre (redirect from Dagestan massacre)
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 Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan (Russian: Конгресс народов Ичкерии и Дагестана; abbreviated CPID) was an Islamist terrorist organization...
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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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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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Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (redirect from Islamic Army of Dagestan)
Emirs were Ibn al-Khattab, Shamil Basayev who fought during the War in Dagestan. Many of the groups members were killed or captured by Russian forces....
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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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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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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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Dagestan (Russian: Народное собрание Республики Дагестан, romanized: Narodnoye sobraniye Respubliki Dagestan) is the regional parliament of Dagestan,...
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Chechens (redirect from Chechens in Dagestan)
in other subdivisions of Russia, especially in Aukh (part of modern-day Dagestan), Ingushetia and Moscow. Outside Russia, countries with significant diaspora...
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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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up the second largest ethnic group in the North Caucasian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Dargwa language. The ethnic group comprises, however, all...
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Nader's Dagestan campaign, were the campaigns conducted by the Persian Empire under its Afsharid ruler Nader Shah between the years 1741 and 1743 in order...
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Khazareti". In all likelihood, Lekos was the first king on the territory of Dagestan. In Georgian sources, ethnonym "Leki" is usually used to refer to all the...
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