The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC), also referred to as the United Republics of the North Caucasus, Mountain Republic, or the Republic of the Mountaineers, was a short-lived state in Eastern Europe. It encompassed the easternmost portions of the North Caucasus and emerged during the Russian Civil War and existed from 1918 to 1919. It formed as a consolidation of various Caucasian ethnic groups, including the Abazins, Circassians, Chechens, Karachays, Ossetians, Balkars, Ingush, and Dagestanis.
Caucasian statesman of Chechen origin, general, oil magnate and the first prime minister oftheMountainousRepublicoftheNorthernCaucasus. He was in office
identifiable ethnic group, and the foundation of their ruling house. The "highlanders" or "Makedones" ofthemountainous regions of western Macedonia are derived
