Caucasus
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Template:Vprotected The Caucasus , a region boardering Asia Minor, is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus mountains and surrounding lowlands. The highest peak is Elbrus (5642m).
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The nations that comprise today's Caucasus include Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The northern slopes of the Caucasus are in the Russian Federation: Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai and the autonomous republics Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan.
Three nationalistic political entities, comprising part of the area, claim independence, but are not acknowledged by the international institutions: Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. The Caucasus is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse places on Earth. The Caucasus region (Caucasia) is geographically a part of Asia, but historically and culturally it is often seen as a part of Europe. The southern section of the Caucasus is known as the Transcaucasus.
Historical events:
- The Arab-Khazar Wars
- Conquest of the Caucasus by Russia
- Armenian Genocide
- 1991: Re-establishment of the independence of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan
The Biblical Mount Ararat where Noah's Ark is said to have landed is regarded as the landmark of the ancient Armenian realm. The peak of Ararat is seasonally capped with snow. In Greek mythology, the Caucasus, or Kaukasos was one of the pillars supporting the world. Prometheus was chained there by Zeus. The Roman poet Ovid placed Caucasus in Scythia and depicted it as a cold and stony mountain which was the abode of personified hunger. Cheese is a major product of this region.
See also
External links
- Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Caucasus Region (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ethnocaucasus.jpg) - University of Texas at Austin (1995)
- About Rugs from Caucasus (http://www.bukhara-carpets.com/making/caucasian_carpets.html)
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