The North Caucasus, also called Ciscaucasus, Forecaucasus, or Front Caucasus (Russian: Предкавказье), is the northern part of the Caucasus region. The Caucasus , a region bordering Asia Minor, is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus mountains and surrounding lowlands. ...

Politically, as part of the Russian Federation, it is included in the Southern Federal District and consists of Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai and the autonomous republics Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan. It belongs to the Russian North Caucasus economic region, which is often informally called "North Caucasus" as well. Southern Federal District (Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... Krasnodar Krai (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. ... Categories: Stub | Krais of Russia ... The Republic of Adygea (Adyghe: Адыгэ Республик; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic) enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. ... The Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (Russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская респу́блика, or, less formal, Карача́ево-Черке́ссия) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... The Kabardino-Balkar Republic or Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика; Kabardian: Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, Balkar: Къабарты-Малкъар Республика) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic), located in the northern Caucasus. ... The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (Russian: Респу́блика Се́верная Осе́тия-Ала́ния; Ossetic: Цæгат Ирыстоны Аланийы Республикæ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: Республика Ингушетия; Ingush: ГIалгIай Мохк) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... The Chechen Republic (Chechen: Нохчийн Республика/Noxçiyn [Nokhchiyn] Respublika, Russian: Чеченская Республика), informal Chechnya (Chechen: Нохчичьо/Noxçiyçö/Nokhchiyno, Russian: Чечня), Ichkeria, Chechnia or Chechenia, is currently a constituent republic of the Russian Federation. ... The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Russia is divided into eleven economic regions (Russian: экономические районы, sing. ...

Geographically, it comprises the northern slope and western extremity of the Caucasus Major mountain range, as well as part of its southern slope to the West (until the Psou River). The northern boundary of the geographical region is generally considered to be the Kuma-Manych Depression. It is bounded by theSea of Azov and Kerch Strait on the west, and the Caspian Sea on the east. Greater Caucasus (Russian: , sometimes translated as Caucasus Major, Big Caucasus or Large Caucasus) is the major mountain range of Caucasus mountains. ... The Kuma-Manych Depression (Russian: Кумо-Манычская впадина, Kumo-manychskaya Vpadina), also called Manych, or Manyč, is a geologic depression in western Russia that divides the Russian Plain (north) from the North Caucasus foreland (south). ... The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. ... Kerch Strait. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ...

See also

• South Caucasus (Transcaucasus)
• North Caucasian Soviet Republic