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Kabardino-Balkariya (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 043 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 43.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The region comprises the north flank of the Caucasus Mountains, glacial regions, and forest. It was inhabited as early as the 9th century CE. It was a Muscovite protectorate from 1557 and annexed to Russia from 1774-1827. The native Balkars were accused of German collaboration and deported in 1943, returning in 1956. |
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| Kabardino-Balkariya (preferred,C,V,Russian (transliterated),U,N)
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| Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika (C,V,Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Kabardino-Balkaria (C,V,Russian (transliterated),U,N)
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| Kabardino-Balkarskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika (H,V,Russian (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | 1936-1991 |
| Kabardino-Balkarskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,V)
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............ | 1936-1991 |
| Kabardino-Balkar ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1936-1991 |
| Kabardino-Balkarskaya ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1936-1991 |
| Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1936-1991 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| republic (preferred, C) |
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founded as an autonomous oblast 1921 & made a republic 1936 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Kabardino-Balkarskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-84 |
| Kabardino-Balkarskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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