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The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region in Eurasia bordered on the south by Anatolia (Turkey) and Iran in Asia, on the west by the Black Sea, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the north by Russia. Caucasia includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands.
The Caucasus Mountains are commonly reckoned as a dividing line between Asia and Europe, and territories in Caucasia are variably considered to be in one or both continents; for example, the Persian name for the region (harking of Asiatic links) is Qafqâz. The northern portion of the Caucasus is known as the Ciscaucasus and the southern portion as the Transcaucasus. The highest peak in the Caucasus is Mount Elbrus (5,642 m) which, in the western Ciscaucasus in Russia, is generally considered the highest point in Europe.
The Caucasus is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions on Earth. The nation-states that comprise the Caucasus today are northeastern Turkey, the post-Soviet states: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, as well various parts of Russia. The Russian divisions include Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and the autonomous republics of Adygea, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan. Three territories in the region claim independence but are not generally acknowledged as nation-states by the international community: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia.
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Chechen president says the West wants to destroy Russia, US stoking disorder in N. Caucasus, military stratege needed http://bit.ly/7hupqy
sicherheitsblog (Michael Ritter) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:15:39 -0000
Chechen president says the West wants to destroy Russia, US stoking disorder in N. Caucasus, military stratege needed http://bit.ly/7hupqy
#nowplaying Night Ride Across The Caucasus - Loreena McKennitt - [Live In Paris And Toronto No.07] http://j.mp/7jXcvq
jjmourajr (José J. de Moura Jr.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:13:56 -0000
#nowplaying Night Ride Across The Caucasus - Loreena McKennitt - [Live In Paris And Toronto No.07] http://j.mp/7jXcvq
#nowplaying Night Ride Across The Caucasus - Loreena McKennitt - [The Book Of Secrets No.07] http://j.mp/7jXcvq
jjmourajr (José J. de Moura Jr.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:24:36 -0000
#nowplaying Night Ride Across The Caucasus - Loreena McKennitt - [The Book Of Secrets No.07] http://j.mp/7jXcvq
Check this video out -- Pilgrimage to Bethlehem Cave in the Georgian Caucasus-2 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJQfffGZ28
vermontgardener (micha maestas) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:10:58 -0000
Check this video out -- Pilgrimage to Bethlehem Cave in the Georgian Caucasus-2 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJQfffGZ28
I'm listening to "Night Ride Across The Caucasus" by Loreena McKennitt (http://bit.ly/7es9aQ) #pandora
johnderosa (John DeRosa) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:14:13 -0000
I'm listening to "Night Ride Across The Caucasus" by Loreena McKennitt (http://bit.ly/7es9aQ) #pandora
http://twitpic.com/uiy1r - View to the pictoresque Caucasus Town Signaghi
kaukasusreisen (Kaukasus-Reisen) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:28:28 -0000
http://twitpic.com/uiy1r - View to the pictoresque Caucasus Town Signaghi
Baku Ceyhan Campaign - Working to raise public awareness of the social problems, human rights abuses and environmental damage that will be caused by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is planned to run through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. In particular, the campaign argues that public money should not be used to subsidise social and environmental problems in the interests of the private sector.
Caspian Business News - Weekly business newspaper of the Caspian Region providing information about the region's business issues, as well as oil and gas industry, agriculture, NGO activity.
Meta Description: [ Caspian Business News WebSite - The business news site covering the economic life of Azerbaijan and other countries of the Caspian Sea region and the Caucasus ]
Caucasus - A set of articles on the society, history, politics and religion of the region.
Caucasus Foundation - Publishing social, political, cultural and historical researches as well as news information on the Caucasus. In English, Turkish, Russian, and Arabic.
Meta Description: [ This web site is published by the Caucasus Foundation. Publishes social, political, cultural and historical researches on Caucasus. Informs the developing events on Caucasus. ]
Danish Association for Research on the Caucasus - Independent forum for researchers and others interested in the region. Includes statutes, board members and publications.
Eco-Agrotourism in South Caucasus. - Promoting the development of the interconnected eco-agrotourism industry in the region. Offers information about the terrain, biodiversity, natural protected areas, parks, rural guesthouses, and farms as well as a gallery.
Meta Description: [ Ecotourism and agrotourism in South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) - terrain, biodiversity, natural protected areas, parks, rural guesthouses and farms. ]
US Aid Caucasus Mission - Coordinates US aid programmes in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Meta Description: [ Description - A federal agency, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is responsible for U.S. foreign economic assistance to developing countries around the world. It assists countries in undertaking democratic and economic reform, recovering from disaster, and trying to ... ]
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