Proper noun
Dagestan
A Russian republic in the Caucasus region.
According to various figures, 10-15 percent of Russia's population are Muslims, the number of Muslims in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan accounts for 90 percent. Source: Internet
His murder follows "similar religiously motivated killings" in Dagestan and regions of ex-Soviet Central Asia, targeting religious leaders—not necessarily Sufi—who disapprove of violent jihad. Source: Internet
Dagestan was too dangerous, Chechnya too dangerous, she sent her kids here to be safe, and look what this country did to them. Source: Internet
The largest share of Russian car brands in the North Caucasus (e.g. Dagestan and Chechnya ). Source: Internet
Kamalov, founder of a newspaper in Russia's North Caucasus critical of authorities, was gunned down outside his office in Makhachkala, capital of the Dagestan region, in December 2011. Source: Internet
Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice. Source: Internet