Raguli

Raguli lies in the steppe south of the Manych depression, near the meeting of small streams. Before the village was founded, the surrounding country formed part of the open grazing lands between the northern Caucasus and the Don basin. Shallow, often saline lakes and marshes occupied the Manych lowland to the north, contrasting with the dry grasslands around it. Herds and their keepers moved through this broad landscape according to the availability of water and pasture.