The North Caucasus is the northern part of the
Caucasus region between
Europe and
Asia. The term is also used as a synonym for the
North Caucasus Economical Region of
Russia.Politically, the Northern Caucasus (territory north of the
Greater Caucasus Range) includes the
Russian Republics of the North Caucasus as well as several regions of
Georgia and
Azerbaijan. As part of the
Russian Federation, the Northern Caucasus region is included in the
Southern Federal District and consists of
Krasnodar Krai,
Stavropol Krai, and the constituent republics, approximately from west to east:
Adygea,
Karachay-Cherkessia,
Kabardino-Balkaria,
North Ossetia-Alania,
Ingushetia,
Chechnya, and
Dagestan (a small schematic map of the regions can be seen at ). In
Georgia, the North Caucasus includes the regions of
Tusheti,
Khevsureti, and
Khevi.
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