An introduction to the situation in the North Caucasus

... region, mineral resources are present, mainly the oil fields in Chechnya opened in the twentieth century. The North Caucasus region International Crisis Group Europe Report N.221 (1) The different regions of the North Caucasus are Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Adyghea, Krasnodar Krai and Stavropol Krai. Historically, the Russian advance into the Caucasus started in the seventeenth century. The North Caucasus shelters many ethnic groups, with cultural, religious and linguistic differences....