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Dagestani

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Da·ge·stan  (däg-stän, dg-stn)
An autonomous republic of southwest Russia bordering on the Caspian Sea. Settled in the first millennium b.c., it was ceded to Russia by Persia in 1813.
Dage·stani (-stän, -stn) adj. & n.
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Noun1.Dagestani - an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
ethnic minority - a group that has different national or cultural traditions from the majority of the population


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In the northern Caucasus, for example, Russian rule is increasingly based not on military power or administrative control mechanisms, but on the support of various local peoples (notably the Ossetes, most of the Dagestanis, and above all the local ethnic Russians themselves) who fear their local ethnic and religious adversaries far more than they do Moscow.
The (Not So) Great Game by Lieven, Anatol / The National Interest
It was a day of repercussions and reprisals in Moscow, as the Russian leadership confronted the political damage it sustained in the Dagestani village of Pervomayskoye, which it destroyed in the largely ineffective attack on the rebel position.
CHECHEN HOSTAGE RAID LEADER EMERGES TO VOW CONTINUED FIGHT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
CanArgo also announced today that it has sold a 65% stake in its Dagestani project for a $250,000 promissory note.
CanArgo Increases Interest in Ninotsminda Project by Business Wire
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