As a representative Derbent rug, this is an excellent example. |
About 320 homes in the Caspian Sea coastal city of Derbent close to the Caucasus Mountains were flooded and seven bodies were found, Reuters reported. |
The policemen died, together with six of the fighters, in an exchange of gunfire outside a house near the city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea. |
In 1796 Derbent was besieged by the Russians, and in 1813 incorporated with the Russian empire. |
Near the city of Derbent, the men ran into a Russian roadblock. |
In 1722 Peter the Great began his Persian campaign along the Caspian coast, occupying Derbent and Baku. |