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    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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  • 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 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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  • of fear across the country. The bombings, together with the Invasion of Dagestan, triggered the Second Chechen War. The handling of the crisis by Vladimir...
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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 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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  • 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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    The coat of arms of Dagestan was instituted on 20 October 1994. The eagle is a traditional symbol of nobility, courage, wisdom, and faith. Heraldry of...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • Khazareti". In all likelihood, Lekos was the first king on the territory of Dagestan. In the Georgian sources ethnonym "Leki" is usually used to refer to all...
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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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    February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (allegedly), Tajikistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dagestan, and Chechnya; and in addition to his native Arabic, he was able to speak...
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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 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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    Vilayat Dagestan (lit. 'Province of Dagestan'; Russian: Вилайят Дагестан, romanized: Vilayyat Dagestan), formerly known as Shariat Jamaat, was an Islamist...
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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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    of the Emirate's branches in Chechnya (Vilayat Nokhchicho) and Dagestan (Vilayat Dagestan) had defected. Kebekov and senior loyalists within the Emirate...
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    OJSC Dagestan Airlines (Russian: ОАО Авиалинии Дагестана) was an airline based at Uytash Airport in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia, operating domestic and...
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    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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