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    Avars reside in the North Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Alongside other ethnic groups in the North Caucasus region, the Avars live...
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  • Look up Avar, Avars, avar, ahir, or avars in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avar(s) or AVAR may refer to: Avars (Caucasus), a modern Northeast Caucasian-speaking...
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    The peoples of the Caucasus, or Caucasians, are a diverse group comprising more than 50 ethnic groups throughout the Caucasus. Caucasians who speak languages...
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    century. The name Pannonian Avars (after the area in which they settled) is used to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus, a separate people with...
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  • Eurasian Avars may refer to: Avars (Caucasus), a people from the North East Caucasus Avar Khanate, Caucasus Pannonian Avars, a nomadic people who lived...
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    Georgia, the Mongols cut across the Caucasus Mountains during the winter to get around the Derbent Pass. Although the Avars had pledged their support to Muhammad...
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    The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a region in Europe governed by Russia. It constitutes the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, which forms...
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    surrounded by the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) above sea level. The Caucasus Mountains...
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    as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately...
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    Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have conventionally been considered as a natural...
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    Nader Shah's Dagestan campaign (category History of the North Caucasus)
    the army of Igor) in Russian epic poetry”. Iran Kharab Lezgin people Avars (Caucasus) Napoleon's invasion of Russia Axworthy, Michael (2009). The Sword...
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    Dagestan (category North Caucasus)
    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...
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    voyna) or the Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation...
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  • may refer to: Avar Khanate of the Caucasian Avars in the Caucasus Avar Khaganate of the medieval Pannonian Avars in the Pannonian Basin Avar March Avaria...
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  • Saratan I (category Avar khans)
    of Saratan named Kakhru had a residence in Gelbakh. Surakat I Avar Khanate Avars (Caucasus) History of Dagestan Aliev, Bagmomed (2021-08-22). "The struggle...
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    owing to the use of Avar as a lingua franca; but this phenomenon is relatively mild for Andi and Akhvakh. Languages of the Caucasus Concise Encyclopedia...
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    language families of the Caucasus as unrelated." Three of these families have no current indigenous members outside the Caucasus, and are considered indigenous...
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    century in the North Caucasus, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War, where Russia sought to conquer the Caucasus in order to secure...
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    Heraclius' Caucasus campaign of 624–625 was a campaign during which Heraclius defeated several Persian armies. He captured the Caucasus, then moved deeper...
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    burkas throughout the North Caucasus. Burkas were part of the customary male garb of various peoples inhabiting the Caucasus region. Burkas were adopted...
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    Languages of the Caucasus. Munich: Lincom Europaq. p. 49. Hewitt, George (2004). Introduction to the Study of the Languages of the Caucasus. Munich: Lincom...
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  • Albania alphabet - Caucasian Avars - Caucasus - Caucasus Germans - Caucasus Mountains - Caucasus Viceroyalty (1785–1796) - Caucasus Viceroyalty (1844–1881)...
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    meaning Turks?) Ouvar (Avars) Ugin (or Uguz, possibly Oghuz Turks) Bisal (Pechenegs?) Tarna (cf. a Tarniach people who fled to the Avars from the Turks) Khazar...
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    native to an inland region known as Lakia within Dagestan in the North Caucasus. They speak the Lak language. Laks historically live in the Lakskiy and...
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  • religion was set by local governments. In the seventh century, when Avars (Caucasus) attacked Split, Croatia, the Diocletian's Palace gave Jews sanctuary...
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  • Akhvakh people (category Peoples of the Caucasus)
    they have often been classified as Avars. The Akvakh live in the Akhvakhsky District of Dagestan between the Avar and Andi Rivers. In 1926 they numbered...
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    The Russian conquest of the Caucasus mainly occurred between 1800 and 1864. The Russian Empire sought to control the region between the Black Sea and Caspian...
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    located in extreme southern Russia, in the geographical area of the North Caucasus. The federal district was split from the Southern Federal District on 19...
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    Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1918–1919) Caucasus Emirate (2007–present) Coene, Frederik (16 October 2009). The Caucasus - An Introduction. Routledge...
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    Chechens (category Peoples of the Caucasus)
    Caucasus, migrated down to the south, lived there for a long period of time, and then returned to the Caucasus). According to the opinion of Caucasus...
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