This is the eightheenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time ...

Marriott writes: “In the Caucasus their success was not less complete; the great fortress of Kars had fallen on November 18; the Turkish Empire seemed to lie at their mercy, and in March Russia ...

They are an extension of the Greater Caucasus mountain belt, which also stretches along Russia's border with Georgia ... Credit: Imagery ©2025 Airbus, CNES / Google maps Iran's folded rocks ...

South Caucasus Countries ... through which Russia financed its operations in Donbas, providing an additional income from banking transactions without direct involvement in Russia’s military operations ...

Using drone technology, researchers in the U.K., Georgia, and the U.S. mapped the sprawl of Dmanisis Gora, a Bronze Age “mega-fortress” in the Caucasus mountains, and discovered that the ...

The Caucasus ... mountains and caves are buzzing [with the sound of ASIC mining rigs]. Cables carrying free electricity are stretching out into the forests. And the forests are also buzzing, too.” ...

This paper explores the challenge to Russia’s established position in the South Caucasus as the region undergoes significant change. Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community now find that their reach ...

It displays a huge geographic, ecological, economic, cultural, and linguistic range today, from the steppe zone in the north, the Caucasus mountains in the center, to the highlands of today's ...

Four years later, he undertook a months-long hiking trip through the Russian North Caucasus ... era paper maps, a compass, and a “dumb” phone with no access to the Internet, he traveled across seven ...

While Russia itself suppressed efforts to gain autonomy in the North Caucasus with its war in Chechnya and further repression, it helped Abkhazia and South Ossetia in their efforts to gain ...

and the Russia-Ukraine War. David joined Newsweek in 2018 and has since reported from key locations and summits across Europe and the South Caucasus. This includes extensive reporting from the ...

David joined Newsweek in 2018 and has since reported from key locations and summits across Europe and the South Caucasus ... east of the Ural Mountains—within range. Russia's oil is getting ...