North Caucasus

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• North Caucasus — regions within the Russian Federation The North Caucasus (or Ciscaucasia) is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus… …   Wikipedia

• North Caucasus — География: Северный Кавказ (терр., охватывающая Предкавказье, часть сев. склона Большого Кавказа и его зап. оконечность, СССР) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Insurgency in the North Caucasus — North Caucasus insurgency Russian President Dmitri Medvedev meets with Alexander Bortnikov on …   Wikipedia



• Dolmens of North Caucasus — Dolmen near the Zhane river Concentrations of megaliths, dolmens and stone labyrinths have been found (but little studied) throughout the Caucasus Mountains, including the Abkhazia. Most of them are represented by rectangular structures made of… …   Wikipedia



• Caucasus Germans — ( de. Kaukasiendeutsche) are part of the German minority in Russia and the Soviet Union. They migrated to the Caucasus largely in the first half of the 19th century and settled in the North Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and in the Kars… …   Wikipedia



• North Caucasus Military District — Северо Кавказский военный округ North Caucasus Military District Coat of Arms Founded May 4, 1918 Country …   Wikipedia



• North Caucasus economic region — (Russian: Северо Кавказский экономический район; tr.: Severo Kavkazsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia. North Caucasus economic region on the map of Russia In this area, descending northward from the principal… …   Wikipedia

• North Ossetia–Alania — ▪ republic, Russia formerly  North Ossetia , Russian  Severnaya Osetiya–Alania , Ossetia also spelled  Ossetiya  or  Osetiya        respublika (republic) in southwestern Russia, on the northern flank of the Greater Caucasus range. It is bordered… …   Universalium

• Caucasus (disambiguation) — Caucasus may refer to:*Caucasus or Caucasia, a geographic region in Eurasia, divided into: **North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus or Ciscaucasia **South Caucasus, also Transcaucasus or Transcaucasia *Caucasus Mountains, a mountain range in the region …   Wikipedia



• North Caucasus Krai — as of 1934 given before split on 2 krai North Caucasus Krai (Russian: Северо Кавказский край) was an administrative division (a krai) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. It was established on October 17, 1924. After undergoing… …   Wikipedia