Dargavs Town, often referred to as the “City of the Dead,” is a mysterious ancient necropolis located in North Ossetia, ...

Gamsutl is an ancient abandoned village perched high on a rocky mountain ridge in Dagestan, Russia. Built entirely from stone ...

The researchers lugged their equipment out onto the glacier. Scanning the surroundings, they found a good spot below an icefall and scraped away the top layer of snow. In went a drill as tall as a ...

Timed to coincide with the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the United Nations Environmental Programme issued a report on major environmental challenges in the Caucasus, outlining the ...

The Greater Caucasus mountain range stretches between the Black and Caspian Seas across parts of Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. These formidable peaks are the result of the subduction of the Arabian ...

Unlike many Jewish communities across the Soviet Union, the Jews of the Caucasus managed to preserve their identity. Shabbat ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 44, No. 3 (August 2024), pp. R14-R21 (8 pages) In recent years, Georgia has witnessed a shift in its general policy orientation from agricultural to rural ...