Maykop
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Maykop is the capital city of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River. It borders Maykopsky District, from which it is administratively and municipally independent, to the east a
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Вокзал Майкопа
Mosque Maykop
Солодовенный цех пивоваренного завода "Майкопа"2
Battle of the Caucasus
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The Battle of the Caucasus was a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus as part of the Eastern Front of World War II. On 25 July 1942, German troops captured Rostov-on-Don, opening the C
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…of the autonomy. The Wehrmacht occupied Maykop on 10 August 1942 without a fight as a result of a commando operation by the Brandenburgers during the Battle of the Caucasus. German attempts to re-start oil production in the scorched-earth area proved only minimally successful. On 29 January 1943, the Transcaucasian Front…
German tanks in formation in a Caucasus valley with infantry in the foreground, September 1942
German gebirgsjäger in the Caucasus, Winter 1942
Some 870,000 Soviet personnel were awarded this Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" from 1 May 1944.
Red Army units enter the liberated city of Mozdok (January 1943).