According to the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge at HSE University, since 2000 the number of active primary, basic, and secondary general education institutions in Russia has fallen by 45%, to 37.9 thousand by the 2025/26 academic year. The network of state schools in rural areas shrank the most: over 25 years, there were 55% fewer of them.

#hce #Dagestan #UN #Russia #Tuva #Schools

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On the night of September 10, Ukrainian drones attacked Dagestan and Voronezh Oblast. In Makhachkala, after debris fell, port infrastructure and the Avar Musical and Drama Theater named after Gamzat Tsadasa caught fire, and in Borisoglebsk, a 43-year-old woman died in a fire in a private house.

#Borisoglebsk #uav #WarinUkraine #VoronezhOblast #Dagestan #Makhachkala #Russia #Ukraine

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In the winter of 1996, nearly twice as many hostages were taken in Kizlyar as in Budyonnovsk just six months earlier; in terms of sheer numbers, the terrorist attack in Dagestan remains the largest in Russian (and apparently world) history to this day. This crisis taught Russian ministers and generals that force is preferable to words, and any loss of life is better than losing face.

#1990s #BorisYeltsin #warinChechnya #Dagestan #hostagetaking #historicalmemory #Caucasus #regimentalcommanders #Russia #separatism #hillup #terrorism #FSB

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