[DOC] [TLE] Islam in Russia - Wikipedia [PAR] Islam is the second most widely professed religion in Russia. Islam is considered 
as one of Russia's traditional religions, legally a part of ... This contrasted with 
other places in Europe outside Russia where Muslims were not allowed to .... 
Putin has said that Orthodox Christianity is much closer to Islam than Catholicism 
is. [DOC] [TLE] Dagestan - Wikipedia [PAR] The Republic of Dagestan also spelled Daghestan, is a federal subject (a 
republic) of Russia, ... Much of the tension is rooted in an internal Islamic conflict 
between ... It is the southernmost part of Russia, and is bordered on its eastern 
side by the ... In the 5th century AD, the Samian peregrinations took place from 
Ukraine to... [DOC] [TLE] Chechnya - Wikipedia [PAR] The Chechen Republic commonly referred to as Chechnya (/ttni/; 
Russian: ; IPA: ... It is located in the North Caucasus, situated in the 
southernmost part of ... fighting continues in the mountains and southern regions 
of the republic. ..... The First Chechen War took place over a two-year period that 
lasted from... [DOC] [TLE] Cracking Down on Russia's Caliphate | Foreign Policy [PAR] May 31, 2016 ... Much of a recent Friday service, which took place in front of a ... signs in Arabic 
and Russian, several containing quotes from Imam Shamil, ... Dagestan has 
always been a reluctant part of Russia, and by nature of ... as 50 of Gimry's 2,000 
residents are now fighting for the Islamic State in one way or another. [DOC] [TLE] How Russia Sells Itself to the Long-Demoralized People of Donbas [PAR] Nov 10, 2014 ... Veterans Take Point Initiative .... In recent years the Russian government has 
used Cossack ... of Russian Cossacks are fighting with the Russian-backed 
rebels in ... the rebels work to solidify the two people's republics in the Donbas 
region, ... across much of what is now southernmost Russia and Ukraine. [DOC] [TLE] Dagestan Skirmish Is Big Russian Risk - The New York Times [PAR] Aug 13, 1999 ... A skirmish in this southernmost point of Russia may seem like a ... Yet at least 10 
Russian soldiers have already died in five days of fighting, ... They regard much 
of Dagestan as theirs by right, harking back to the ... Since the war in Chechnya, 
the republic has suffered drastic economic decline and instability... [DOC] [TLE] The History Place - World War I Timeline - 1918 - A Fateful Ending [PAR] March 3, 1918 - At Brest-Litovsk, Soviet Russia signs a treaty with Germany ... 
During the three-week fight against the Germans, Americans experience ... 
attacks the southernmost portion of the Western Front in France at St. Mihiel. .... 
Its 230 pages contain terms that have little in common with Wilson's Fourteen 
Points as the... [DOC] [TLE] Russia - Religion | history - geography | Britannica.com [PAR] Aug 19, 2016 ... Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ... After 
the communists took power in 1917, religious institutions suffered. ... the support 
of Christians and Jews in the fight against fascism, but restrictions ... Muslims 
constitute Russia's second largest religious group. ... Related Places. [DOC] [TLE] A Guide to the Stans of Central Asia | Reconsidering Russia and ... [PAR] Aug 15, 2014 ... In the West, the five countries of the area have become colloquially known as ... 
Muslims, with the exception of the Orthodox Christian Russians, the ... Asia, is 
used to denote the former Soviet Central Asian republics. ... In the end, much of 
the region went to Russia and later its successor, the Soviet Union. [DOC] [TLE] The Official Russian Concept of Contemporary Central Asian Islam ... [PAR] Central Asian affairs Russia has obviously also considered the role played by 
local. Islam ... touching only indirectly on the issue of Islam, the doctrines do 
contain a .... escaping the fighting.40 This reaction on the part of Moscow is to be 
... in the secessionist republic has been put on the same footing as the one in 
Tajikistan,. [DOC] [TLE] The North Caucasus: Minorities at a Crossroads - Minority Rights ...

Question: This Muslim republic where much fighting has taken place contains Russia's southernmost point
Answer: Chechnya