He was born to an ethnic Russian father , Nikolai , and a Muslim mother , Fanaziya , who both appealed Request to their son to abstain Removing from violence Violence and attempted to find Placing him in Dagestan .

Members of Vilayat Dagestan , part of Umarov 's Caucasus Emirate took Action credit for the attack Attack on 19 January .

On 9 August 1999 , Islamist fighters from Chechnya infiltrated Russia 's Dagestan region , declaring it an independent state and calling for a jihad until `` all unbelievers had been driven out '' .

The 2012 Makhachkala attack Terrorism occurred Coming_to_be on 3 May 2012 after two suicide bombers Terrorism detonated Committing_crime explosive-filled cars near a traffic police checkpoint in Makhachkala , a city in the republic of Dagestan , Russia , killing Killing as many as 40 people .

During its peak , the violence Violence was mostly concentrated Aiming in the North Caucasus republics of Chechnya , Dagestan , Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria .

He put an end to Process_end the period of dynastic strife and proceeded to re-strengthen the hold of the Caucasus by re-garrisoning the Iranian territories and cities in what is modern-day Dagestan , Azerbaijan , and Armenia , as well as ravaging and recapturing Georgia and reducing its capital Tbilisi to a pile of ashes in 1795 .

In Dagestan , resistance Defending to the Russians was described Statement as jihad .

Other territories of the Caucasus ( comprising contemporary eastern Georgia , southern Dagestan , Armenia and Azerbaijan ) were incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the Russian empire at various times in the 19th century as a result of Russian wars Hostile_encounter with Persia .