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And its neighboring countries once formed most of the old soviet union, or u. S. S. R. Many of these old soviet republics differ from one another on the basis of ethnicity and religion. But within the Russian Federation itself, there are republics that could still fragment along cultural and political lines. One of these is dagestan. Dagestans historical and economic geographies help explain opposing centripetal and centrifugal forces within russia. As a largely Islamic Republic adjacent to warring chechnya dagestan now receives new scrutiny in the war on terrorism. To help explain the differe...

dagestan now receives new scrutiny in the war on terrorism. to help explain the differences between chechnya and dagestan, we explore the relationship between diverse cultures and the physical geography of the caucasus mountains. "dagestan"-- the name means "land of mountains." part of the russian federation, dagestan lies in the caucasus mountains on russia's southern border. most people here live in small villages that are often very isolated. in the 19th century, when science still believed in distinct races, a german coined the term "caucasians" because he thought these beautiful...