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Dykh-Tau

(Encyclopedia)Dykh-Tau dĭkhˈ-touˈ [key], peak, c.17,000 ft (5,180 m) high, SE European Russia, in the central Greater Caucasus. ...

Koshtan-Tau

(Encyclopedia)Koshtan-Tau kəshtänˌ-touˈ, kôshˌtän– [key], peak, c.16,880 ft (5,150 m) high, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, S European Russia, in the central Greater Caucasus. ...

Shkhara

(Encyclopedia)Shkhara shŭkˈhərä [key], peak, c.17,064 ft (5,201 m) high, in the Greater Caucasus, SW of Nalchik and on the border between Georgia and Russia. ...

Stavropol Territory

(Encyclopedia)Stavropol Territory, administrative division (1995 pop. 2,650,000), 31,120 sq mi (80,601 sq km), S European Russia, in the North Caucasus, the northern foothills of the main Caucasian range, and the d...

Circassia

(Encyclopedia)Circassia sərkăshˈēə [key], historic region, encompassing roughly the area between the Black Sea, the Kuban River, and the Caucasus, now largely the Krasnodar Territory of SE European Russia. The...

Ingushetia

(Encyclopedia)Ingushetia ĭngo͞oshˈ [key], republic, c.1,240 sq mi (3,210 sq km), Russian Federation, in the N Caucasus. The capital (since 2003) is Magas, a new city in the suburbs of Nazran, the former capital....

Kislovodsk

(Encyclopedia)Kislovodsk kēsləvôtskˈ [key] [Rus.,=sour water], city (1989 pop. 114,000), S European Russia, in the N Caucasus Mts. It is a famous health resort with mineral springs, sanatoriums, and a physico-t...

Georgiyevsk

(Encyclopedia)Georgiyevsk gēôrˈgēĭfsk [key], city (1989 pop. 63,000), SE European Russia, in the northern foothills of the Caucasus. It is an agricultural center with some industry. It was founded (1777) as a ...

Gagra

(Encyclopedia)Gagra gäˈgrē [key], city, Abkhazia, W Georgia, on the Black Sea and at the foot of the Gre...

Mamison

(Encyclopedia)Mamison or Mamisson both: məmēsônˈ [key], pass, 9,550 ft (2,911 m) high, in the central Greater Caucasus, on the border between Georgia and Russia. Crossed by the Ossetian Military Road, it links ...