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Kaspiysk
Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the fourth-largest in Dagestan. It is a working-class satellite city to Makhachkala. Climate Kaspiysk has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: ''BSk''). History The city is one of the newer urban centers in Dagestan. It began in 1932 as a worker's encampment, servicing the needs of the nearby naval diesel engine manufacturer, Dagdizel. At the time, it was called ''Dvigatelstroy'' (), based upon the Russian word for "engine". During World War II, the site saw much growth due to the war effort, and became a center for major arms producers. In 1947, the settlement received the status of a city, and was given its current name, reflecting its location on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Chechen Wars On November 16, 1996, 68 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Kaspiysk Bombing
The 2002 Kaspiysk bombing occurred on 9 May 2002, an attack which ripped through the military parade to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Soviet victory in the Second World War on Lenin Street in the city of Kaspiysk, Dagestan.Yuri Felshtinsky, Vladimir Pribylovsky, ''The Corporation. Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin'', Encounter Books; February 25, 2009, pages 136-138. Forty four people, including at least 19 soldiers and 12 children, were killed and 133 wounded in the explosion. The explosive device represented MON-50 directional landmine enhanced for greater destructive capability. Related events On May 16 Kaspiysk police announced that another terrorist attack had been prevented. Three terrorists were caught while planting a MON-100 mine, similar to that detonated on May 9. During the arrest, the suspects presented papers from Dagestan's Ministry of Internal affairs and said that police had no right to arrest them. Further investigation was blocked by the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Kaspiysk Bombing
The 1996 Kaspiysk bombing occurred on 16 November 1996 when Chechen terrorists bombed an apartment building in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, killing 68 people. The bombing destroyed a nine-story apartment. 68 people died, including 21 children. The target of the explosion is suspected to be against Russian Border Guard officers who were living inside with their families. Boris Yeltsin declared a national day of mourning in response to the attack. See also * 2002 Kaspiysk bombing * Russian apartment bombings References {{Russia-hist-stub 1996 murders in Europe 20th-century mass murder in Russia History of Dagestan Kaspiysk Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the f ... Improvised explosive device bombings in Russia Islamic terrorist incidents in 1996 Mass murder in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Federal District. The republic is the southernmost tip of Russia, sharing land borders with the countries of Azerbaijan and Georgia (country), Georgia to the south and southwest, the Russian republics of Chechnya and Kalmykia to the west and north, and with Stavropol Krai to the northwest. Makhachkala is the republic's capital city, capital and types of inhabited localities in Russia, largest city; other major cities are Derbent, Kizlyar, Izberbash, Kaspiysk and Buynaksk. Dagestan covers an area of , with a population of over 3.1 million, consisting of over 30 ethnic groups and 81 nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagdizel Plant
Dagdizel Plant (russian: Дагдизель) is a company based in Kaspiysk, Dagestan and established in 1932. It is part of Gidropribor (Tactical Missiles Corporation). The Dagdizel Plant has long produced naval torpedoes, and also produces diesel generators, shipboard instruments and systems. Products * VA-111 Shkval * Futlyar ''Futlyar'' (''Fizik-2'') is a Russian deep-water homing torpedo tested by the Russian Navy in 2017; it entered service in the same year. Developed by the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Marine Engineering and produced by the Dagdizel Mach ... References External links Official website {{Russia-company-stub Manufacturing companies of Russia Companies based in Dagestan Tactical Missiles Corporation Ministry of the Shipbuilding Industry (Soviet Union) Defence companies of the Soviet Union 1932 establishments in the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagdizel
Dagdizel Plant (russian: Дагдизель) is a company based in Kaspiysk, Dagestan and established in 1932. It is part of Gidropribor (Tactical Missiles Corporation). The Dagdizel Plant has long produced naval torpedoes, and also produces diesel generators, shipboard instruments and systems. Products * VA-111 Shkval * Futlyar ''Futlyar'' (''Fizik-2'') is a Russian deep-water homing torpedo tested by the Russian Navy in 2017; it entered service in the same year. Developed by the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Marine Engineering and produced by the Dagdizel Mach ... References External links Official website {{Russia-company-stub Manufacturing companies of Russia Companies based in Dagestan Tactical Missiles Corporation Ministry of the Shipbuilding Industry (Soviet Union) Defence companies of the Soviet Union 1932 establishments in the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau of Western Asia. It covers a surface area of (excluding the highly saline lagoon of Garabogazköl to its east) and a volume of . It has a salinity of approximately 1.2% (12 g/L), about a third of the salinity of average seawater. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The sea stretches nearly from north to south, with an average width of . Its gross coverage is and the surface is about below sea level. Its main freshwater inflow, Europe's longest river, the Volga, enters at the shallow north end. Two deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makhachkala
Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; rut, Магьачкъала, Mahaçqala. previously known as Petrovskoye (; 1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (; 1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of , with a population of over 603,518 residents, while the urban agglomeration covers over , with a population of roughly 1 million residents. Makhachkala is the fourth-largest city in the Caucasus, the largest city in the North Caucasus and the North Caucasian Federal District, as well as the third-largest city on the Caspian Sea. The city is extremely ethnically diverse, with a minor ethnic Russian population. The city's historic predecessor is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of The Republic Of Dagestan
*Cities and towns under republic's jurisdiction **Makhachkala (Махачкала) (capital) ***''city districts'': **** Kirovsky (Кировский) *****''Urban-type settlements'' under the city district's jurisdiction: ****** Leninkent (Ленинкент) ******Semender (Семендер) ******Sulak (Сулак) ****** Shamkhal (Шамхал) **** Leninsky (Ленинский) *****''Urban-type settlements'' under the city district's jurisdiction: ****** Novy Kyakhulay (Новый Кяхулай) **** Sovetsky (Советский) *****''Urban-type settlements'' under the city district's jurisdiction: ******Alburikent (Альбурикент) ****** Kyakhulay (Кяхулай) ******Tarki (Тарки) **Buynaksk (Буйнакск) **Dagestanskiye Ogni (Дагестанские Огни) **Derbent (Дербент) **Izberbash (Избербаш) **Kaspiysk (Каспийск) **Khasavyurt (Хасавюрт) ** Kizilyurt (Кизилюрт) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lak People (Dagestan)
The Laks (self-designation: Lak) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native to an inland region known as ''Lakia'' within Dagestan in the North Caucasus. They speak the Lak language. Laks historically live in the Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts of Dagestan. This ethnocultural area is known as Lakia. There are about 200,000 ethnic Laks in the world. Ethnonym The word "Lak" is the self-designation of the Lak people as in Lak expressions: "zhu Lak buru" — we are Lak; "zhu Lakral khalq buru" — we are Lak people; "Laktal" — Laks; "Lakssa" — Lakian, Laks, Lak man; "Lakkuchu" — Lakian man; "Lakku maz" — Lakian language; "Lakkuy" — Lakia; "Lakral kanu" — Lak place; "Lakral kanu" — Lak district; "Lakku bilayat" — Lak country; "Lakral pachchahlug" — Lak state. Laks use the name "Lak" as their ethnonym and placename. P. K. Uslar (1864) reported on the use of self-designation "Lak" by residents of Gazi-Kumukh: "Lakkuchu, Lakkuchunal, nominative plural Lak, geni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement in the United States during the mid-19th century and it was formally established in 1863. Among its co-founders was Ellen G. White, whose extensive writings are still held in high regard by the church. Much of the theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Church corresponds to common evangelical Christian teachings, such as the Trinity and the infallibility of Scripture. Distinctive post-tribulation teachings include the unconscious state of the dead and the doctrine of an investigative judgment. The church places an emphasis on diet and health, including adhering to Kosher food laws, advocating vegetarianism, and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Makhachkala
The Diocese of Makhachkala is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church on the territory of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya with its seat in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The main temple is the Cathedral of the Assumption. History Historically, the territory of the diocese was part of the . In 1842, after the formation of the , the territory of the current Makhachkala diocese became part of it. On 28 December 1998, the territory of Dagestan became part of the Diocese of Baku. On 22 March 2011 Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya became part of the . On 26 December 2012, the Holy Synod formed the independent Makhachkala diocese, separated from the Vladikavkaz diocese, with its seat in Makhachkala and with the inclusion of parishes and monasteries in Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya. On 5 October 2015, Bishop of Makhachkala and Grozny led a religious procession in the city of Kizlyar, which became the first in Dagestan in recent h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthodox Christianity
Orthodoxy (from Ancient Greek, Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Late antiquity, Antiquity, but different Churches accept different creeds and councils. Such differences of opinion have developed for numerous reasons, including language and cultural barriers. In some English-speaking countries, Jews who adhere to all the traditions and commandments as legislated in the Talmud are often called Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jews. Eastern Orthodoxy and/or Oriental Orthodoxy are sometimes referred to simply as “Orthodoxy”. Sunni Islam is sometimes referred to as "orthodox Islam". Religions Buddhism The historical Gautama Buddha, Buddha was known to denounce mere attachment to scriptures or dogmatic principles, as it was mentioned in the Kalama Sutta. Moreover, the Theravada school of Buddhism follows strict adherence t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
