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North Caucasus Railway
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Police and military investigators examine the site of an explosion of President of the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov's car near Nazran, center of a region, southern Russia, Monday, June 22, 2009.
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Circassians
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Mountains of the Greater Caucasus near Dombay, Karachay-Cherkessia. Most of Russia consists of vast stretches of plains that are predominantly steppe to the south and heavily forested to the north, with tundra along the northern coast.
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North Caucasus Railway
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The Western Caucasus as seen from Krasnaya Polyana.
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In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen near the entrance to a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010.
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In this image made from television, cars destroyed in a suicide car attack are seen in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010.
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The Markotkh Range, one of the westernmost offspurs of the Greater Caucasus.
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In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010.
photo: AP / Rossiya 24 TV Channel
In this image made from television, Russia police officers and investigators work at the site of an explosion outside the cafe in downtown Pyatigorsk, a city in Russia's North Caucasus, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010.
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Tevfik Esenç, last representative of Ubykh nation.
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Acer campestre
photo: AP / NTV Russian Channel
In this Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 image made from television, Russian Special Forces officers are seen on one of the slopes of Mt. Elbrus, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Russia. Russian police said Sunday that sappers in the insurgency-plagued Caucasus region defused a car bomb placed near a hotel in a popular ski resort area. The car, wired with explosives with the equivalent power of about 70 kilograms, was found Saturday, a day after three Russian tourists headed for the ski area were kill
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Emergency workers look through debris at a destroyed police station in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia's restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 60 others, officials said.
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Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Caucasus, Russia and Europe.
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The glaciers of Georgia are mainly located along the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, covering a total surface area of 506 km² (approx. 0.7% of the country's territory). A number of smaller glaciers may also be found on the adjacent ranges of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range. Most of Georgia's 688 glaciers are either classified as valley or hanging glaciers.
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Trabzon walls
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Ushba (Georgian: უშბა) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather[citation needed], Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in t
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Emergency workers and police load a badly burned body to an ambulance at a destroyed police station in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. A suicide bomber exploded a truck at a police station in Russia's restive North Caucasus Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 60 others, officials said.
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Mountain rivers
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"TRABZON" Hollywood style sign above the city of Trabzon, Turkey.
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Satellite aufnahme des Kaukasus von NASA’s Visible Earth, Satellite image of Caucasus Mountains, Black Sea (l.) and Caspian Sea (r.) Physiographically, Europe is the northwestern constituent of the larger landmass known as Eurasia, or Afro-Eurasia: Asia occupies the eastern bulk of this continuous landmass and all share a common continental shelf.
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Police officers and investigators seen at the site of an explosion at the traffic police station on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Dagestan region, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the police station in Russia's troubled North Caucasus on Wednesday, killing at least six officers and wounding 16, police said.
photo: AP / Musa Sadulayev
Police and military investigators examine a site of an explosion targeted at the president of the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov's car near Nazran, in the center of the region. A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy that the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia was traveling in Monday, critically wounding the president and killing or wounding others.
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Prunus laurocerasus
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The Current President of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov
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Site #540: Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and its suburbs (Russia).
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Corylus avellana
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A general view of a destroyed police station in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.
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