North Caucasus
The North Caucasus is a region of the Caucasus in Southern Russia, bordering Georgia to the south and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and Kalmykia to the north.
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Popular Destinations
Dagestan
Dagestan is a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus bordering Chechnya and Georgia to the west, Stavropol Krai and Kalmykia to the north, the Caspian Sea to the east, and Azerbaijan to the south. Photo: Плешков, CC BY-SA 3.0.Chechnya
For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic is a remarkably unknown place. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Karachay-Cherkessia to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, North Ossetia to the east, and Georgia. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.North Ossetia
North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering Kabardino-Balkaria to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Chechnya and Ingushetia to the east. Georgia and South Ossetia lie to the south. Photo: Rost.galis, CC BY-SA 4.0.Destinations
Ingushetia
Ingushetia is a republic in Russia's North Caucasus bordering North Ossetia to the west, Chechnya to the east, and Georgia to the south. Photo: Alex Svirkin, CC BY-SA 4.0.Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachay-Cherkessia is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Krasnodar Krai to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north, Kabardino-Balkaria to the east, and Georgia to the south. Photo: Webster, CC BY-SA 2.5.North Caucasus
- Type: Geographic region
- Description: northern part of the Caucasus region between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea on the west and the Caspian Sea on the east, in Russia
- Location: Southern Russia, Russia, Europe
Latitude of center 43.405° or 43° 24' 18.2" north | Longitude of center 43.8318° or 43° 49' 54.4" east |
Also Known As
- Arabic: القوقاز الشمالي
- Arabic: شمال القوقاز
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Կովկաս
- Asturian: Cáucasu septentrional
- Avaric: Хьундасеб Кавказ
- Avaric: Шималияб Кавказ
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Qafqaz
- Basque: Iparraldeko Kaukaso
- Belarusian: Паўночны Каўказ
- Bengali: উত্তর ককেশাস
- Bengali: নর্থ ককেশাস
- Bulgarian: Северен Кавказ
- Catalan: Caucas Nord
- Catalan: Caucas del Nord
- Catalan: Ciscaucàsia
- Chechen: Къилбаседа Кавказ
- Chinese: 內高加索
- Chinese: 北高加索
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Арамаçи
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Кавказ
- Croatian: Sjeverni Kavkaz
- Czech: Předkavkazsko
- Dimli (individual language): Qefqasya Zımey
- Dutch: Cis-Kaukasie
- Dutch: Cis-Kaukasië
- Dutch: Cis-Kaukasus
- Dutch: Cis Kaukasië
- Dutch: Cis kaukasie
- Dutch: Ciskaukasie
- Dutch: Ciskaukasië
- Dutch: Cis kaukasus
- Dutch: Ciskaukasus
- Dutch: Noordelijke Kaukasus
- Dutch: Voor-Kaukasië
- Dutch: Voor-Kaukasus
- Dutch: Voor-kaukasie
- Dutch: Voor Kaukasië
- Dutch: Voor kaukasie
- Dutch: Voorkaukasie
- Dutch: Voorkaukasië
- Dutch: Voorkaukasus
- Dutch: Voor kaukasus
- English: Ciscaucasia
- English: Predkavkazye
- English: Severnyy Kavkaz
- Esperanto: Nord-Kaŭkazio
- Esperanto: Norda Kaŭkazio
- Esperanto: Norda Kaŭkazo
- Estonian: Ees-Kaukaasia
- Estonian: Põhja-Kaukaasia
- Finnish: Pohjois-Kaukasia
- Finnish: Pohjois-Kaukasus
- French: Caucase du Nord
- French: Caucase septentrional
- French: Ciscaucasie
- French: Nord-Caucase
- French: Nord Caucase
- Georgian: იმიერკავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ კავკასია
- Georgian: ჩრდილო კავკასია
- German: Nordkaukasien
- German: Nordkaukasus
- German: Region Nordkaukasus
- Greek: Ciscaucasia
- Greek: Βόρειος Καύκασος
- Guarani: Yvatekáukaso
- Hebrew: צפון-הקווקז
- Hebrew: צפון הקווקז
- Hebrew: צפון קווקז
- Indonesian: Distrik Federal Kaukasus Utara
- Indonesian: Kaukasus Utara
- Ingush: Даькъасте
- Italian: Caucaso del Nord
- Italian: Caucaso settentrionale
- Italian: Ciscaucasia
- Italian: Ciscaucasica
- Italian: Ciscaucaso
- Italian: Regione ciscaucasica
- Italian: Russia ciscaucasica
- Japanese: 北カフカス
- Japanese: 北カフカース
- Japanese: 北カフカーズ
- Japanese: 北コーカサス
- Kabardian: Ищхъэрэ Къаукъаз
- Karachay-Balkar: Шимал Кавказ
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Кавказ
- Korean: 북카프카스
- Korean: 북캅카스
- Korean: 북 캅카스
- Korean: 북코카서스
- Korean: 북 코카서스
- Korean: 시스코카시아
- Latin: Caucasus Septentrionalis
- Latvian: Ziemeļkaukāzs
- Lezghian: Кеферпатан Къавкъаз
- Literary Chinese: 北高加索
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Kaukazas
- Macedonian: Северен Кавказ
- Malay: Caucasus Utara
- Malay: Kaukasus Utara
- Mingrelian: ოორუე კავკაცია
- Norwegian: Nord-Kaukasia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Kaukasus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Kaukasus
- Ossetian: Цæгат Кавказ
- Persian: شمال قفقاز
- Persian: قفقاز شمالی
- Polish: Kaukaz Północny
- Polish: Przedkaukazie
- Portuguese: Antecáucaso
- Portuguese: Ciscaucasia
- Portuguese: Ciscaucásia
- Portuguese: Ciscáucaso
- Portuguese: Cáucaso Norte
- Portuguese: Cáucaso do Norte
- Portuguese: Norte do Cáucaso
- Romanian: Caucazul de Nord
- Russian: Российский Кавказ
- Russian: Северного Кавказа
- Russian: Северный Кавказ
- Russian: Северо-кавказский регион
- Rusyn: Сѣверный Кавказ
- Serbian: Сјеверни Кавказ
- Slovak: Severné Kaukazsko
- South Azerbaijani: قوزئی قافقاز
- Spanish: Caucaso Norte
- Spanish: Caucaso del Norte
- Spanish: Ciscaucasia
- Spanish: Cáucaso Norte
- Spanish: Cáucaso del Norte
- Spanish: Cáucaso septentrional
- Swedish: Nordkaukasien
- Swedish: Nordkaukasus
- Turkish: Kuzey Kafkasya
- Ukrainian: Північний Кавказ
- Urdu: شمالی قفقاز
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Kavkaz
- Welsh: Gogledd y Cawcasws
- Western Panjabi: اتلا قفقاز
- Wu Chinese: 北高加索
- Yue Chinese: 北高加索
- Kofkasê Zımey
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