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Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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1241:History of Kabardino-Balkaria
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196:• Established
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1056:Karakalpak
829:Karakalpak
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509:Resources
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378:Ottoman
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