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  1. Autonomous republic of western USSR, situated
  2. E of the Caucasus, bordering the Caspian Sea.
  3. Capital Makhachkala; area 50,300 sq km/19,421
  4. sq mi; population (1982) 1,700,000. It is
  5. mountainous, with deep valleys, and its
  6. numerous ethnic groups speak a variety of
  7. distinct languages. Annexed 1723 from Iran,
  8. which strongly resisted Russian conquest, it
  9. became an autonomous republic in 1921.
  10.