North Caucasus

The North Caucasus is a region of the in , bordering and to the south and Krasnodar Krai, , and to the north.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chechnya and North Ossetia.

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For most international travellers, the Chechen Republic, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, is a remarkably unknown place. While infamous for its turbulent past, little is known about the region's recent developments or about the stunning mountainous landscapes, picturesque lakes and friendly people that define this part of the Northern Caucasus.

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North Ossetia-Alania is a republic within the Russian Caucasus bordering to the west, to the north, and to the east. and lie to the south.

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is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering to the west, to the north, to the east, and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Dagestan and Ingushetia.

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is the most culturally diverse republic in the Caucasus, and at the Caspian Gates between and Europe has been of historic significance since antiquity.

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is a republic in Russia's North Caucasus bordering to the west, to the east, and to the south. The region is the smallest in .

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is a region in the Russian Caucasus bordering Krasnodar Krai to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

North Caucasus

  • Type: region
  • Description: subregion in Eastern Europe
  • Also known as: “Antecáucaso”, “Caucas Nord”, “Caucase du Nord”, “Caucaso del Nord”, “Caucaso del Norte”, “Cáucaso del Norte”, “Cáucaso do Norte”, “Caucaso Norte”, “Caucaso settentrionale”, “Ciscaucàsia”, “Ciscaucasica”, “Ciscaucaso”, “Ciscáucaso”, “Ciskaukasië”, “Ciskaukasus”, “Çурçĕр Кавказ”, “Ees-Kaukaasia”, “El Cáucasu del Norte”, “El Cáucasu Norte”, “Främre Kaukasus”, “Gornji Kavkaz”, “Nord Caucase”, “Nord-Caucase”, “Nord-Kaŭkazo”, “nordul Caucazului”, “Northern Caucasian Region”, “Pohjois-Kaukasus”, “Predkavkazye”, “Przedkaukazie”, “Region Nordkaukasus”, “Regione ciscaucasica”, “Rossiyskiy Kavkaz”, “Rossiysky Kavkaz”, “Russia ciscaucasica”, “Russian Caucasus”, “Severniy Kavkaz”, “Severny Kavkaz”, “Severokavkazskiy region”, “Severokavkazsky region”, “Sjevernokavkaska regija”, “Российский Кавказ”, “Северного Кавказа”, “Северо-кавказский регион”, “იმიერკავკასია”, “ჩრდილო კავკასია”, “ჩრდილოეთ კავკასია”, “צפון קווקז”, “צפון-הקווקז”, “القوقاز الشمالي”, “شمال قفقاز”, “ⴰⴳⴰⴼⴰ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵥ”, “ⵉⵥⵥⵍⵎⴹ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵣ”, “ⵉⵥⵥⵍⵎⴹ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵥ”, “নর্থ ককেশাস”, “북 캅카스”, “북 코카서스”, “북카프카스”, “북코카서스”, “시스코카시아”, “內高加索”, “北カフカース”, “北カフカーズ”, and “北カフカス”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
43.405° or 43° 24′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
43.8318° or 43° 49′ 54″ east
Wiki­data ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Yue Chinese—“North Caucasus” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Тыгъаджэ Кавказ”
  • Arabic: “شمال القوقاز”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Կովկաս”
  • Asturian: “El Cáucasu septentrional”
  • Avaric: “Хьундасеб Кавказ”
  • Avaric: “Шималияб Кавказ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Qafqaz”
  • Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Кавказ”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Kaukaso”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны Каўказ”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ককেশাস”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverni Kavkaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Кавказ”
  • Catalan: “Caucas del Nord”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа Кавказ”
  • Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Арамаçи”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Kavkaz”
  • Czech: “Severní Kavkaz”
  • Danish: “Nordkaukasien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kofkasê Zımey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qefqasya Zımey”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Kaukasus”
  • Dutch: “Noordelijke Kaukasus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القوقاز الشمالى”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kaŭkazio”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kaŭkazo”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Kaukaasia”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Kaukasia”
  • French: “Caucase septentrional”
  • French: “Ciscaucasie”
  • Galician: “Cáucaso Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი კავკასია”
  • German: “Nordkaukasus”
  • Gilaki: “کلسيايي قفقاز”
  • Greek: “Βόρειος Καύκασος”
  • Guarani: “Yvatekáukaso”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet Kavkaz”
  • Hebrew: “צפון הקווקז”
  • Indonesian: “Kaukasus Utara”
  • Ingush: “Даькъасте”
  • Italian: “Ciscaucasia”
  • Japanese: “北コーカサス”
  • Kabardian: “Ищхъэрэ Къаукъаз”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Шимал Кавказ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Кавказ”
  • Korean: “북캅카스”
  • Latin: “Caucasus Septentrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkaukāzs”
  • Lezghian: “Кеферпатан Къавкъаз”
  • Literary Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Kaukazas”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Кавказ”
  • Malagasy: “Siskaokazia”
  • Malay: “Caucasus Utara”
  • Malay: “Kaukasus Utara”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ കോക്കസസ്”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე კავკაცია”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “شمال لقوقاز”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Kaukasus”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Kaukasia”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Кавказ”
  • Persian: “قفقاز شمالی”
  • Polish: “Kaukaz Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Ciscaucásia”
  • Portuguese: “Norte do Cáucaso”
  • Romanian: “Caucazul de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северный Кавказ”
  • Rusyn: “Сѣверный Кавказ”
  • Serbian: “Сјеверни Кавказ”
  • Slovak: “Severné Kaukazsko”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Kavkaz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی قافقاز”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso Norte”
  • Spanish: “Cáucaso septentrional”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴳⴰⴼⴰ ⵏ ⵇⵓⵇⴰⵣ”
  • Swedish: “Nordkaukasien”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Кавказ”
  • Thai: “คอเคซัสเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Kafkasya”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Кавказ”
  • Urdu: “شمالی قفقاز”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Kavkaz”
  • Venetian: “Ciscaucàzia”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Kavkaz”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd y Cawcasws”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا قفقاز”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی قفقاز”
  • Wu Chinese: “北高加索”
  • Yue Chinese: “北高加索”

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