Eastern Caucasus

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Eastern Caucasus is a mountainous region in the eastern part of the Caucasus, historically home to diverse ethnic groups and cultures including the Juhuri (Mountain Jews).

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Caucasus canonical 12
Northeastern Caucasus 2
Fore-Caucasus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
mountainous region
borderedBy Caspian Sea
North Caucasus
surface form: Northern Caucasus

Greater Caucasus
surface form: Western Caucasus
climate continental
mountain climate
contains parts of Azerbaijan
parts of Chechnya
parts of Dagestan
parts of Georgia
parts of Ingushetia
hasEconomicActivity agriculture in mountain valleys
pastoralism
trade routes across the Caucasus
hasEthnicGroup Avars
Azerbaijanis
Chechens
Dargin
surface form: Dargins

Ingush
Juhuri
Kumyks
Laks
Lezgins
Mountain Jews
Tabasarans
hasFeature deep river valleys
high mountain ranges
rugged landscapes
hasLanguageFamily Iranian languages
Northeast Caucasian languages
Turkic languages
hasReligion Christianity
Judaism
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
hasStrategicImportance historical crossroads between Europe and Asia
hasTerrain mountainous
historicallyInhabitedBy Mountain Jews
various Northeast Caucasian peoples
knownFor complex mountain societies
ethnic diversity
linguistic diversity
traditional clan structures
locatedIn Western Eurasia
surface form: Eastern Europe and Western Asia

Eurasia
North Caucasus
surface form: North Caucasus region

South Caucasus
surface form: South Caucasus region
partOf Caucasus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Juhurim primaryRegion Eastern Caucasus
North Caucasus hasSubregion Eastern Caucasus
this entity surface form: Northeastern Caucasus
Caucasian War mainTheaterOfWar Eastern Caucasus
Caucasian Jews historicallyResidedIn Eastern Caucasus
this entity surface form: Georgian Caucasus
Tabasarans nativeTo Eastern Caucasus
Sunzha River locatedIn Eastern Caucasus
Mount Tebulosmta isOneOfHighestPeaksIn Eastern Caucasus
Quba Uyezd locatedInRegion Eastern Caucasus
this entity surface form: Northeastern Caucasus
Samur River locatedIn Eastern Caucasus
Stavropol Upland partOf Eastern Caucasus
this entity surface form: Fore-Caucasus
Imamate of the Caucasus locatedIn Eastern Caucasus
Tats primaryRegion Eastern Caucasus
Tats ethnogenesisRegion Eastern Caucasus
Tsakhurs region Eastern Caucasus
Greater Caucasus contains Eastern Caucasus