MAKHACHKALA, February 17 (Itar-Tass) —— Dagestan succeeded in not losing its national cultural traditions and kept the artistic school of people’s crafts, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev ...

(CBS Local Sports)-- Reporter Alzo Slade has been all over the world to cover crazy stories, but spending time to learn about how Dagestan in Russia became a wrestling and mixed martial arts hotbed ...

Arman Tsarukyan has high regard for Dagestani MMA culture. Dagestan has consitently provided a supply of elite MMA fighters in every MMA promotion in the world, especially from the city Makhachkala.

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Dagestan, a mostly Muslim region in the south of Russia on the northwest coast of the Caspian Sea, is known for the stark beauty of its mountain landscapes, for its many small ...