Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus

The __Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus__ is a magnificent collection of fifty-six original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus—the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe’s highest mountain—from the eighteenth century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history of this area, poised between Europe and Asia, which has been marked by ethnic conflicts and changing political borders. The __Atlas__ illuminates the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and provides a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers, and historians. Cover Contents Foreword Introduction Guide to the Maps 1. The Caucasus: Historical and Geographic Areas and Contemporary Borders 2. 1722–1739: The Imperial Rivalry over the Caucasus Borderlands 3. 1763–1785: The Caucasus around the Time of the Russian Conquests 4. 1774–1783: Ethnolinguistic Map of the Greater Caucasus 5. 1791–1801: The Caucasus Defensive Line from Kizlyar to Taman 6. 1801–1829: Russia’s Acquisition of Transcaucasia and the War in the Greater Caucasus 7. 1829–1839: Administrative Makeup of the Early Russian Caucasus 8. 1840–1849: Escalation of the Caucasus War and (Re-)Establishment of the Viceroyalty 9. 1856–1859: Before the Final Storming of the “Caucasus Fortress,” 10. 1860–1864: The End of the War and the Formation of Kuban, Terek, and Daghestan Provinces 11. 1865–1870: Military-Native Government in Highlander Territories 12. 1867–1886: The Ethnolinguistic and Administrative Composition of Daghestan 13. 1871–1881: The Trend toward Civilian Government in the North Caucasus 14. 1881–1888: The Caucasian Periphery of the Emerging Russian Nation 15. 1763–1913: 150 Years of Russian Colonization 16. 1913: The Terek Cossack Host 17. 1763–1918: 155 Years of Non-Russian Colonization 18. 1886–1890: An Ethnolinguistic Map of the Caucasus 19. 1886–1890: A Religious Map of the Caucasus 20. 1913: Land and Ethnicity in Terek Province 21. 1903–1917: Administrative Divisions before the Collapse of the Empire 22. October 1917–May 1918: The Beginning of the Civil War and Foreign Intervention 23. May–November 1918: The Emergence of Independent States in Transcaucasia 24. December 1918–November 1919: Denikin’s Dominance in the North Caucasus 25. 1917–1919: The Gorskaya Republic, a Failed Attempt at Independence 26. 1920: The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Soviet Russia 27. 1920: Partition of the Republic of Armenia 28. 1921: The End of the Georgian Democratic Republic 29. 1921: Early Administrative Divisions in the Soviet Caucasus 30. 1922–1928: Building a Soviet State out of Multitude of Nations 31. 1926: An Ethnic Map Reflecting the First Soviet Census 32. 1926: Using the Census to Identify Russians and Ukrainians 33. 1929–1934: The Rise and Fall of the “National Principle” in Administrative Divisions 34. 1936–1938: The Constitutional Codification of a Hierarchy among Peoples and Territories 35. 1937–1949: World War II and Ethnic Deportations from the Caucasus 36. 1943–1956: A Selective Purge of the Ethnopolitical Map 37. 1957: The Return of the Deported Peoples and the Restoration of Their Autonomies 38. 1957–1990: Stability and Conflict under “Developed Socialism,” 39. 1989–1991: Overview of the Ethnopolitical Rivalries at the Conclusion of the Soviet Era 40. 1991–2003: The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Escalation of Armed Conflict in the Caucasus 41. 1988–1994: Mountain (Nagorny) Karabakh 42. 1991–1992: South and North Ossetia 43. 1992–1993: Abkhazia 44. 1994–2003: Chechnya and Daghestan 45. 1989–2010: An Ethnic Map of the Caucasus 46. 2012: Major Roads and Transportation Corridors 47. 2012: Primary Petroleum Transportation Routes 48–56. Conflicting Historical Visions of Homelands and Borders 48. Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis 49. Armenia and Armenians 50. Georgia and Georgians 51. Abkhazia and the Abkhaz 52. Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Vainakhs 53. Ossetia and Ossetians 54. Circassia and the Adyghe 55. Karachai, Balkaria, and the Karachai-Balkars 56. Cossacks and Russians in the North Caucasus 57. 2014: The Political and Administrative Map of the Caucasus Appendix 1: The Area and Population of Administrative Units and States of the Caucasus Region Appendix 2: Major Cities in the Caucasus Appendix 3: Ethnic Composition of the Caucasus: Historical Population Statistics Appendix 4: Administrative Units of the Russian Empire and the USSR List of Sources Maps Bibliographical References The Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus is a magnificent collection of fifty-six original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus—the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe’s highest mountain—from the eighteenth century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history of this area, poised between Europe and Asia, which has been marked by ethnic conflicts and changing political borders. The Atlas illuminates the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and provides a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers, and historians. "'The atlas of the ethno-political history of the Caucasus' is a magnificent collection of fifty-seven original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus -- the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe's highest mountain -- from the eighteenth century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history in this area, poised between Europe and Asia, which has been marked by ethnic conflicts and changing political borders. The 'Atlas' illuminates the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and provides a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers and historians." -- From the dustjacket Collection of 57 original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus - the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe's highest mountain - from the 18th century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history in this area, poised between Europe and Asia, which has been marked by ethnic conflicts and changing political borders. The atlas illuminates the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and provides a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers and historians -- Cover Appendix 1: The Area And Population Of Administrative Units And States Of The Caucasus Region -- Appendix 2: Major Cities In The Caucasus -- Appendix 3: Ethnic Composition Of The Caucasus: Historical Population Statistics -- Appendix 4: Administrative Units Of The Russian Empire And The Ussr. Arthur Tsutsiev ; Translated By Nora Seligman Favorov. Translated From The Russian. Includes Bibliographical References. Offers a collection of fifty-six original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus - the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe's highest mountain - from the eighteenth century to the present.