The Caucasus

The Caucasus
Title The Caucasus PDF eBook
Author Thomas De Waal
Publisher
Pages 313
Release 2019
Genre History
ISBN 0190683082

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This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has introduced thousands of readers to a complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the break-away territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history and ethnic complexity. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus gives the reader a historical overview and an authoritative guide to the three conflicts that have blighted the region. Thomas de Waal tells the story of the "Five-Day War" between Georgia and Russia and recent political upheavals in all three countries. He also finds time to tell the reader about Georgian wine, Baku jazz and how the coast of Abkhazia was known as "Soviet Florida." Short, stimulating and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and little-understood region.

The Caucasus - An Introduction

The Caucasus - An Introduction
Title The Caucasus - An Introduction PDF eBook
Author Frederik Coene
Publisher Routledge
Pages 255
Release 2009-10-16
Genre History
ISBN 1135203024

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This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the Caucasus. It covers the geography and the historical development of the region, economics, politics and government, population, religion and society, culture and traditions, and conflicts and international relations. It is written throughout in an accessible style and requires no prior knowledge.

The Ghost of Freedom

The Ghost of Freedom
Title The Ghost of Freedom PDF eBook
Author Charles King
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 314
Release 2008-02-11
Genre History
ISBN 0195177754

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" ... The first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse."--Cover.

Chechnya

Chechnya
Title Chechnya PDF eBook
Author Carlotta Gall
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 448
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN 9780814731321

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Recounts the story of the Chechens' struggle for independence and the Kremlin politics that precipitated it. The authors, both reporters on the scene during the war, trace the history of the conflict but focus on the military and political events of the war itself. They conclude with a discussion of the birth of an independent Chechnya. Several maps and a cast of characters are appended. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Legends of the Caucasus

Legends of the Caucasus
Title Legends of the Caucasus PDF eBook
Author David Hunt
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Folklore
ISBN 9780863564734

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An incomparable collection conveying the poetry and romance of a rapidly vanishing folk culture

Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus

Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus
Title Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus PDF eBook
Author Ansgar Jödicke
Publisher Routledge
Pages 258
Release 2017-08-04
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1351797891

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In the Caucasus region, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and their powerful neighbours Russia, Turkey, Iran and the EU negotiate their future policies and spheres of influence. This volume explores the role of religion in the South Caucasus to describe and explain how transnational religious relationships intermingle with transnational political relationships. The concept of ‘soft power’ is the heuristic starting point of this important investigation to define the importance of religion in the region. Drawing on a three-year project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the book brings together academics from the South Caucasus and across Europe to offer original empirical research and contributions from experienced researchers in political science, history and oriental studies. This book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of post-Soviet studies, international relations, religious studies and political science.

History of the Caucasus

History of the Caucasus
Title History of the Caucasus PDF eBook
Author Christoph Baumer
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 392
Release 2021-08-26
Genre History
ISBN 0755639693

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"Rich and illuminating." Literary Review A landscape of high mountains and narrow valleys stretching from the Black to the Caspian Seas, the Caucasus region has been home to human populations for nearly 2 million years. In this richly illustrated 2-volume series, historian and explorer Christoph Baumer tells the story of the region's history through to the present day. It is a story of encounters between many different peoples, from Scythians, Turkic and Mongol peoples of the East to Greeks and Romans from the West, from Indo-European tribes from the West as well as the East, and to Arabs and Iranians from the South. It is a story of rival claims by Empires and nations and of how the region has become home to more than 50 languages that can be heard within its borders to this very day. This first volume charts the period from the emergence of the earliest human populations in the region – the first known human populations outside Africa - to the Seljuk conquests of 1050CE. Along the way the book charts the development of Neolithic, Iron and Bronze Age cultures, the first recognizable Caucasian state and the arrival of a succession of the great transnational Empires, from the Greeks, the Romans and the Armenian to competing Christian and Muslim conquerors. The History of the Caucasus: Volume 1 also includes more than 200 full colour images and maps bringing the changing cultures of these lands vividly to life.