Dagestan (/ ˌ d æ ɡ ɪ ˈ s t æ n, - ˈ s t ɑː n/ DAG-i- STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, [a ] is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea.
This "Land of Mountains" was known also for having a "mountain of peoples," with more than thirty ethnic groups indigenous to the territory. [1 ] This region was absorbed in to the Russian Empire in 1813 after the signing of the Treaty of…