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Northern Caucasus travel guide - Wikitravel (0 words) |
 | Northern Caucasus is a region in Southern Russia bordering Georgia to the south and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Kalmykia to the north. |
| As throughout the history of the conflict between Russia and the people of the Northern Caucasus, members of other ethnic groups have joined the Chechen rebels under the umbrella of a proclaimed "jihad," in particular, the Ingush, and certain mountain groups in Dagestan. |
| The main portal cities to the Northern Caucasus are Stavropol and closer Mineralnye Vody in Stavropol Krai, Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia, and Makhachkala in Dagestan. |
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| The strategic importance of the Caucasus for Russia is based on the fact that this region is a gateway between Europe and Central Asia with outlets to three seas: the Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas. |
| Presently, the Northern Caucasus (the Russian part of the Caucasian territories), is one of the most unstable regions of the Russian Federation. |
| Its output is estimated to be in the region of 1/6th of all agricultural output. |
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