North Caucasus

The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a subregion in Eastern Europe. It is the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, and is entirely a part of Russia, sandwiched between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea to the west, and the Caspian Sea to the east. The region shares land borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan to the south. Krasnodar is the largest city within the North Caucasus.

Leyla Sayar

Leylâ Sayar was a Turkish actress, author, ballerina, beauty queen, and singer of Circassian and Macedonian Turkish descent. Sayar was considered to be one of the most beautiful women of the Cinema of Turkey

Sezgi Sena Akay

Sezgi Sena Akay is a Turkish actress, former professional volleyball player, presenter, and model who was crowned Best Model of the World 2012. She is the youngest and 42nd titleholder in the pageant's history and the fourth woman from Turkey to win Best

Ringspoorbaan

Ringspoorbaan or ring railway is a railway line in Amsterdam, Netherlands, consisting of a south-eastern branch Zuidtak, and a western branch Westtak. A number of metro lines also connect stations on the Ringspoorbaan

Selda Alkor

Selda Alkor is a Turkish actress, beauty pageant titleholder, painter, and singer of Circassian and Georgian descent. She received a Golden Orange in 2002. Her acting skills and European features made her one of the most in-demand Turkish actresses in the

Rao Dalpat Bundela

Rao Dalpat Bundela was a Rajput king of Datia-Orchha. One of Aurangzeb's trusted military commanders, he had a key role in the 1698 breach of the siege of Jinji fort. He was one of the commanders at the siege of Wagingera, the last battle personally

Otto Pfister (naturalist)

Otto Pfister is a nature photographer with particular expertise on the wildlife of Ladakh, India. While working in India for over 12 years with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, he was an avid bird photographer in his free time

Laxman Londhe

Laxman Londhe was a noted novelist and science fiction author in Marathi. He was part of the modern Marathi literary movement to popularize science in the late 1970s, with a group of authors rising to prominence, including Bal Phondke, Niranjan Ghate

Vikatanitamba

Vikatanitamba was a Sanskrit woman poet, noted for her simple and elegant verse, frequently with erotic elements

Merukhand

Merukhand is an improvisational style in Hindustani classical music involving permutations of a fixed set of swaras or notes broken up in various ways, while retaining the proper emphasis on various notes as required by the raga

Khorbusuonka

The Khorbusuonka is a river in Yakutia, Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 290 kilometres (180 mi) and a drainage basin area of 3,230 square kilometres (1,250 sq mi