The Republic of Dagestan
Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н), or simply Dagestan
Dagestan (/ˌdæɡɪˈstæn/ or /ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːn/; Russian: Дагеста́н), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia, located in the North Caucasus
North Caucasus region. Its capital and largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan
Dagestan on the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea coast. Its government was dissolved in a major corruption investigation on 5 February 2018, and the region is currently under the direct control of the Russian government.[12][13][14][15] With a population of 2,910,249,[6] Dagestan
Dagestan is very ethnically diverse and Russia's most heterogeneous republic, with none of its several dozen ethnicities and subgroups forming a majority
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A lingua franca (/ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/; lit. Frankish tongue),[1] also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, vehicular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.[2] Lingua francas have developed around the world throughout human history, sometimes for commercial reasons (so-called "trade languages") but also for cultural, religious, diplomatic and administrative convenience, and as a means of exchanging information between scientists and other scholars of different nationalities.[3][4] The term originates with one such language, Mediterranean Lingua Franca
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A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. Capital cities that are also the prime economic, cultural, or intellectual centres of a nation or an empire are sometimes referred to as primate cities
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Moscow
Moscow Time (Russian: Моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia. It has been set to UTC+3
UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014;[1] before that date it had been set to UTC+4
UTC+4 year-round since 27 March 2011.[2] Moscow
Moscow Time is used to schedule trains, ships, etc. throughout Russia, but airplane travel is scheduled using local time. Times in Russia
Russia are often announced throughout the country on radio stations as Moscow Time, which is also registered in telegrams, etc. Descriptions of time zones in Russia
Russia are often based on Moscow
Moscow Time rather than UTC
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There are eleven time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00
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Russian (Russian: ру́сский язы́к, tr. rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language
East Slavic language and an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan and many minor or unrecognised territories throughout Eurasia
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Eurasia (particularly in Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus, and Central Asia). It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
Ukraine and to a lesser extent, the other post-Soviet states.[31][32] Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages and is one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages
Slavic languages (which in turn is part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch)
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ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization
Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision
Country subdivision code. It was first published in 1998. The purpose of ISO 3166-2 is to establish an international standard of short and unique alphanumeric codes to represent the relevant administrative divisions and dependent territories of all countries in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than their full names
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UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2018-04-07T14:46:21+03:00 (boldface only here to be clear). Some areas in the world use UTC+03:00 all year, other areas only part of the year.Contents1 As standard time (all year round)1.1 Europe 1.2 Asia1.2.1 Arabia Standard Time1.3 Africa2 As daylight saving time (Northern Hemisphere summer only)2.1 Europe 2.2 Western Asia3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesAs standard time (all year round)[edit] Principal cities: Istanbul, Moscow, Baghdad Europe[edit] Main articles: Further-eastern European Time, Moscow
Moscow Time, and Time in Turkey Most of European Russia, including Moscow, St
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.[n 1] The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position
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The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with the classification systems in other countries.[citation needed]Contents1 Modern classification in Russia1.1 Urban localities 1.2 Rural localities2 Historical terms 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksModern classification in Russia[edit] During the Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union, including the Russian SFSR, had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities.[1] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia
Russia was delegated to the federal subjects.[2] While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely based on the system used in the RSFSR
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Homogeneity and heterogeneity
Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts often used in the sciences and statistics relating to the uniformity in a substance or organism. A material or image that is homogeneous is uniform in composition or character (i.e
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The federal districts (Russian: федера́льные округа́, federalnyye okruga) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not provisioned by the Constitution of Russia
Russia and are not the constituent units of the country, but exist purely for the convenience of operation and governing by federal government agencies
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North Caucasus
North Caucasus Economic Region (Russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зский экономи́ческий райо́н; tr.: Severo-Kavkazsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of 12 economic regions of Russia. It comprises the whole of the North Caucasian Federal District and the western federal subjects of the Southern Federal District. In this area, descending northward from the principal chain of the Caucasus Mountains to a level plain, are found rich deposits of oil, natural gas, and coal. The major cities are Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Novorossiysk. Sochi
Sochi is a popular resort. Farm machinery, coal, petroleum, and natural gas are the chief products. The Kuban River
Kuban River region, a fertile black-earth area, is one of the chief granaries of Russia. Wheat, sugar beets, tobacco, rice, and sunflower seeds are grown, and cattle are raised
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The North Caucasus
Caucasus (Russian: Се́верный Кавка́з, IPA: [ˈsʲevʲɪrnɨj kɐfˈkas]) or Ciscaucasia is the northern part of the Caucasus
Caucasus region between the Sea of Azov
Sea of Azov and Black Sea
Black Sea on the west and the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea on the east, within European Russia. Geography[edit] Geographically, the Northern Caucasus
Caucasus (territory north of the Greater Caucasus
Caucasus Range) includes the Russian republics and krais of the North Caucasus
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The Tat language or Tat/Tati Persian[4][5] or Tati (Tat: zuhun tati) is a Southwestern Iranian language
Iranian language related to,[6] but not fully mutually intelligible[7] with Persian and spoken by the Tats in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan and Russia. Its written form is related to Middle Persian Pahlavi
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Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory number plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle, and have existed in Russia for many decades. Most motor vehicles which are used on public roads are required by law to display them. Having them covered by snow or mud constitutes an administrative offense, that leads to a fine. So does covering them with a piece of paper, or any other tool that makes any of the digits and letters illegible.Contents1 History 2 Current plate format 3 Runout problem 4 Regional codes 5 Codes of diplomatic representative offices and international organizations5.1 Notes6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory[edit] Main article: Vehicle registration plates of the Soviet Union Current plate format[edit]A motorcycle registration plateRussian private vehicle registration plateThe current format uses a letter followed by 3 digits and two more letters
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