Greater Caucasus (Russian: Большой Кавказ, sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of Caucasus mountains. The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... This article is about the terrestrial mountain range. ...
It stretches from West-North-West to East-South-East between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea: from the Caucasian Natural Reserve in the vicinity of Sochi on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea and reaching nearly to Baku on the Caspian. Map of the Black Sea. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ... The last wild wisent in the world was killed by poachers here in 1927. ... Sochi Coat of Arms, adopted on 15 June 1967 Sochi (Russian: СоÌчи) is the most popular Russian resort, situated in the Krasnodar Krai, near the Russian border with Abkhazia, Georgia. ... Baku (or Bakı [Baky]) pronounced ba-KEY, Баку or Bakı in Azeri, باکو (Baku) in Persian) is the capital of Azerbaijan. ...
For most of its length it is the border of Russia with Georgia and Azerbaijan. The peaks of the Greater Caucasus include Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m (18,506 ft.) the highest mountain in Europe. For the Soviet-era computer, see Elbrus (computer). ...
The North Caucasus (sometimes referred to as Ciscaucasia or Ciscaucasus) is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia.
As part of the Russian Federation, the Northern Caucasus Region is included in the Southern Federal District and consists of Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai and the autonomous republics: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan.
Geographically, the term North Caucasus comprises the northern slope and western extremity of the CaucasusMajormountain range, as well as a part of its southern slope to the West (until the Psou River).
Major cities in the Caucasus are Baky, Yerevan, Grozny, Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), Tbilisi, Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Batumi, Gyandzha (formerly Kirovabad), and Kumayri (formerly Leninakan).
The Ossetians, Kabards, Circassians, and Dagestani are the major groups in North Caucasia.
The Caucasus figured greatly in the legends of ancient Greece; Prometheus was chained on a Caucasian mountain, and Jason and his Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece at Colchis.
Feeds |
Contact