Karachay Cherkessia

The Karachay-Cherkess Republic or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal challenge of Russia. It is geographically placed within the North Caucasus place of Southern Russia and is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. Karachay-Cherkessia has a population of 477,859. Cherkessk is the biggest metropolis and the capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Karachay-Cherkessia is considered one of Russia's ethnic republics, frequently representing the indigenous Karachay people and Cherkess humans. The majority of the republic's territory is in the Caucasus Mountains, except for a small strip on the northern edge of the Don Steppe.

Karachay-Cherkessia is bordered by way of Krasnodar Krai to the west, Stavropol Krai to the north-east, Kabardino-Balkaria to the south-east, and an worldwide border with Georgia to the south-west. Mount Elbrus, the very best mountain in Europe, is positioned at the border with Kabardino-Balkaria. The Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast was founded on January 12, 1922, in the early years of the Soviet Union. It become split into Karachay Autonomous Oblast and Cherkess National Okrug on 26 April 1926. The Cherkess National District changed into expanded to an independent oblast repute on 30 April 1928.