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History[]
The Kabardino Autonomous Region was formed in 1921 and the Balkar district added in 1922. The region gained autonomous republic status in 1936. The Balkars were accused of collaboration with the Nazis by Joseph Stalin and so the Balkars were deported to Central Asia during World War 2,but they were allowed to return in 1957. The region became a federal republic of Russia in 1991 following the collapse of the USSR.
World War 3[]
No NATO targets.
After the war[]
It was bad in the 1962-64 weather break down and many people died as a result of it. The mountain ice and permafrost was badly affected and swamps began to freeze, then grow as an ice lake, thaw, swell into a water lake, dry up, re-fill, freeze over and return to normalcy, but all out of sync' with nature's rhythm. A minor cholera outbreak and famine hit the yet to be nation in 1963 and 1964, killing a few more people.
First contact[]
The Caucasus Mountain States had all discovered each other by early 1963. Stavropol, Anapa, Sochi and the Democratic Adygea Republic all found each other by mid 1964. They found the Caucasus Mountain States in mid 1965.
Present day[]
Highest points[]
- Mt. Elbrus (west summit) 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) and the (east summit) 5,621 metres (18,442 ft).
- Dykh Tau.
Leader[]
- Grand Mufti Mullah Abdul Temrezov.
- Deputy Grand Mufti Rashid Khetagurov.
Regime[]
Theocratic Islamic republic headed by the hed priest of the nation.
Capitol[]
Nalchik.
Major towns[]
- Nartkala - 32,500.
- Nalchik - 220,600.
- Tyrnyauz - 6,500.
- Cherkessk - 7,500.
- Baksan - 38,500.
- Chegem - 38,500.
- Maysky- 25,500.
- Terek City- 15,500.
- Prokhladny - 55,500.
- Karachayevsk- 22,500.
- Ust-Dzheguta -31,568
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic Pregradnaya - 8,575.
- Dombay- 757.
- Urarny- 1,042.
Languages[]
Balkar, Kakass, Kabardayian, Russian, Cherkess (Circassians), Karachays, Russians, Abaza, Nogays, Greeks and Armenians.
Religion[]
Sunni Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Adyghe Habze and Spiritualism.
Ethnicity[]
Balkar, Kakass, Kabardayian, Russian, Cherkess (Circassians), Karachays, Russians, Abaza, Nogays, Greeks, Volga Germans, Koreans, Ossetians, Cossacks, Turks, Persians and Armenians.
Total Population[]
555,000.
Economy[]
Subsistence farming, minor tungsten mining and minimal lignite/brown coal production for local usage.
Currency: Balkar Rial for external trade and barter in rural places.
Treaties[]
The Caucasus Mountain States have several bilateral treaties, of a close nature with each other. They were once part of the South Caucasian Federation (1965-1991), but it dissolved in 1991. The 1996 Treaty of Beslan brought both a free trade deal and an uneasy peace to the region.
Health care[]
Thyroid and lung cancer is still a major problem, but became much lower since 1979.