| It was Peter the Great who, in 1722, invaded Dagestan and seized the greater part of this territory. |
| Avar is a written language of Dagestan, which has somewhat more than half a million speakers. |
| Fighting has also spilled over into the neighbouring provinces of Dagestan, Ingushetia and North Ossetia in recent years. |
| And many of those female suicide bombers hail from Dagestan, a violent region in the North Caucasus. |
| The Russians appear to have been satisfied when Plotnikov agreed to leave Dagestan. |
| But Plotnikov had no sooner reached Moscow than he headed back to Dagestan. |
