Proper noun
North Caucasus
the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia.
According to Russian demographer Dmitry Bogoyavlensky, the 2002 census results were clearly manipulated in the North Caucasus: an estimated 800,000 to 1 million non-existent people were added to the actual population of the region. Source: Internet
Also, in the multiethnic republics of North Caucasus normally unlike in other parts of Russia, government positions are distributed among the ethnicities according to their ratio in the general population. Source: Internet
Asia main seeAlso The Circassians are one of the oldest nations in the European North Caucasus. Source: Internet
If Russia plays the old game in the Caucasus, chaos will arise not only in South Caucasus but in North Caucasus as well. Source: Internet
As the federal government is less able and willing to invest in the North Caucasus, public discontent with local governments is likely to grow along with the deteriorating socio-economic climate in the region. Source: Internet
Crimean activist Oleksandr Kolchenko was detained in August 2015 in the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don on a made-up charge of preparing terrorist acts in the Crimea. Source: Internet