Section 3 of 6
The derbies that were never only football
Alania, Anzhi, Terek — the North Caucasus fixtures.
- The neighbours who had already won itAlania Vladikavkaz took the Russian title in 1995, which set the terms for every North Caucasus fixture that followed.
- A club that bought a squad and then stoppedAnzhi Makhachkala's spending years changed what a regional fixture meant, briefly.
- The fixture that carried more than three pointsTerek Grozny played through and after the wars, and the meeting with Nalchik was read regionally rather than as a league game.
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