Alania (New Union)

Alania (: Ас-Алан Халкъ, As-Alan Khalk ' ; : Алания, Alanya), officially the Republic of Alania and historically called Karachay-Balkaria (Къарачай-Малкъар, K'arachay-Malk'ar; Карачаево-Балкария, Karachayevo-Balkariya), is a of the. Established in 1996 from the unification of the and s, the republic became a republic around a year later.