Terek Oblast

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administrative division former administrative unit oblast

Terek Oblast was an administrative division of the Russian Empire in the North Caucasus region, centered around the Terek River and inhabited by a mix of Cossack and indigenous Caucasian peoples.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Terek region	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ former administrative unit ⓘ oblast ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Vladikavkaz ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea Governorate ⓘ Dagestan ⓘ surface form: Dagestan Oblast Krasnodar Krai ⓘ surface form: Kuban Oblast Stavropol Krai ⓘ surface form: Stavropol Governorate
capital	Vladikavkaz ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
establishedBy	Russian Empire ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Chechens ⓘ Cossacks ⓘ Ingush ⓘ Circassians ⓘ surface form: Kabardians Kumyk ⓘ surface form: Kumyks Nogais ⓘ Ossetians ⓘ Russians ⓘ
function	control of North Caucasus ⓘ settlement of Cossack troops ⓘ
governmentType	military-administrative ⓘ
historicalEra	late Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion	North Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Ciscaucasia
locatedIn	Caucasus ⓘ North Caucasus ⓘ
militaryRole	Cossack frontier region ⓘ
namedAfter	Terek River ⓘ
partOf	Caucasus Military District ⓘ Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
partOfPresentDay	Chechnya ⓘ Dagestan ⓘ Ingushetia ⓘ Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ North Ossetia ⓘ surface form: North Ossetia–Alania Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation Stavropol Krai ⓘ
regionType	multiethnic borderland ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ Islam ⓘ
river	Terek River ⓘ
status	abolished ⓘ
successorEntity	Soviet-era autonomous republics in North Caucasus ⓘ
usedLanguage	Russian ⓘ various Caucasian languages ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Caucasus Viceroyalty → hasPart → Terek Oblast ⓘ

Cossacks → historicalRegion → Terek Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terek region