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The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
 region between Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region
North Caucasus economic region

North Caucasus economic region is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.In this area, descending northward from the principal chain of the Caucasus Mountains to a level plain, are found rich deposits of oil, natural gas, and coal....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
.

Politically, the Northern Caucasus (territory north of the Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus , sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of Caucasus Mountains....
 Range) includes the Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n Republics of the North Caucasus as well as several regions of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
.






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Chechnya and Caucasus
The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus
Caucasus

The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
 region between Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region
North Caucasus economic region

North Caucasus economic region is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.In this area, descending northward from the principal chain of the Caucasus Mountains to a level plain, are found rich deposits of oil, natural gas, and coal....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
.

Politically, the Northern Caucasus (territory north of the Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus

Greater Caucasus , sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of Caucasus Mountains....
 Range) includes the Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n Republics of the North Caucasus as well as several regions of Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
 and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
. As part of the Russian Federation
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, the Northern Caucasus region is included in the Southern Federal District
Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District is one of the seven Federal districts of Russia of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan....
 and consists of Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District....
, Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia of Stavropol....
, and the constituent republics, approximately from west to east: Adygea
Adygea

The Republic of Adygea is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its size is 7,600 km? with a population of almost 450,000....
, Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian name is Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika or Karachayevo-Cherkessiya....
, Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic , or Kabardino-Balkaria , is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located in the North Caucasus. The direct Romanization of Russian of the republic's name in the Russian language is Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika, or Kabardino-Balkariya....
, North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania

The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the Russian name of the republic is Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya....
, Ingushetia
Ingushetia

The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. The republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg....
, Chechnya
Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
, and Dagestan
Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan , older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russia ....
.

In Georgia
Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
, the North Caucasus includes the regions of Tusheti
Tusheti

Tusheti, or Tushetia, is a historic region in northeast Georgia ....
, Khevsureti
Khevsureti

Khevsureti is a historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia . They are the branch of Kartvelian people located along both the northern and southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains....
, and Khevi
Khevi

Khevi is a small historical-geographic area in northeastern Georgia . It is included in the modern-day Kazbegi district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region ....
.

In Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
, the North Caucasus includes the northeastern regions.

Geographically, the term North Caucasus comprises the northern slope and western extremity of the Caucasus Major mountain range, as well as a part of its southern slope to the West (until the Psou River
Psou River

Psou River is a river in the West Caucasus. It flows along the Southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and forms a part of the border between Abkhazia and Russia....
). The Forecaucasus steppe
Pontic-Caspian steppe

The term Pontic-Caspian steppe summarizes the vast steppelands stretching from north of the Black Sea as far as the east of the Caspian Sea, from central Ukraine across the Southern Federal District and Volga Federal District Federal Districts of Russia to western Kazakhstan, forming part of the larger Eurasian steppe, adjacent to the Kaz...
 area is often also encompassed under the notion of "North Caucasus", thus the northern boundary of the geographical region is generally considered to be the Kuma-Manych Depression
Kuma-Manych Depression

The Kuma-Manych Depression , is a geological depression in southwestern Russia that separates the Russian Plain from the Fore-Caucasus . It is named after Kuma and Manych rivers....
. It is bounded by the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov

The Sea of Azov is the world's shallowest sea, linked by the Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea to the south. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula....
 and Kerch Strait on the west, and the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
 on the east.

See also

  • Caucasian War
    Caucasian War

    The Caucasian War of 1817?1864, also known as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire ended with the annexation of the areas of North Caucasus to Russia....
  • Caucasus Imamate
  • Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
    Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus

    The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was a shortlived state situated in the Northern Caucasus. It included most of the territory of the former Terek Oblast and Dagestan Oblast of the Russian Empire, which now form the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan and part of Stavropol Kra...
  • Kuban People's Republic
    Kuban People's Republic

    The Kuban People's Republic was an anti-Bolshevik state that comprised the territory of the Kuban of the modern-day Russia during the Russian Civil War....
  • North Caucasian Soviet Republic
    North Caucasian Soviet Republic

    North Caucasian Soviet Republic was a territory in the North Caucasus established to consolidate Soviet Union power during the Russian Civil War....
  • Caucasus Emirate
    Caucasus Emirate

    The Caucasus Emirate also known as the Caucasian Emirate is a self-proclaimed successor state to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and was officially announced on October 31 2007 by former President Dokka Umarov....
  • South Caucasus
    South Caucasus

    The South Caucasus is a mountainous, geopolitical area of south-central Eurasia, also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Transcaucasus....
     (Transcaucasia)


Other References

  • In Quest for God and Freedom: Sufi Responses to the Russian Advance in the North Caucasus By Anna Zelkina
  • Russia in the Modern World: a new geography By Denis J. B. Shaw, Institute of British Geographers