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1. Caucasus: Caucasus : Eurasian region including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and part of southern Russia. [100%] 2023-09-04
2. Caucasus: The Caucasus (/ˈkɔːkəsəs/), or Caucasia (/kɔːˈkeɪʒə/), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically been considered as a ... (Earth) [100%] 2023-11-17 [Eastern Europe] [Eurasia]...
3. Caucasus: Caucasus, a mountain range of Asia, wholly within the Russian empire, stretching north-west to south-east from the Strait of Kerch (between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov) to the Caspian Sea, over a length of 900 m ... [100%] 2022-09-02
4. Caucasus: The Caucasus is a region forming part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. Named for the Caucasus Mountains that define the border, the Caucasus region is the location of the countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan as well as ... [100%] 2023-02-18 [Regions of the World] [Russian History]...
5. Montes Caucasus: Montes Caucasus is a rugged range of mountains in the northeastern part of the Moon. It begins at a gap of level surface that joins the Mare Imbrium to the west with the Mare Serenitatis to the east, and extends ... (Astronomy) [70%] 2023-09-07 [Mountains on the Moon]
6. Caucasus 2020: Caucasus 2020 (also called Kavkaz 2020) was a multinational command post exercise in Russia. The exercise took place from September 21 to 26. [70%] 2023-12-17 [2020 in Russia] [Military exercises involving Russia]...
7. Caucasus University: Caucasus University is a private university in Tbilisi, Georgia. The university was established in 2004 on the foundation of Caucasus School of Business, which was established in 1998 in partnership with Georgia State University, Atlanta, U.S., during the country ... (Organization) [70%] 2023-09-06 [Universities in Georgia (country)]
8. Caucasus Germans: Caucasus Germans (German: Kaukasiendeutsche) are part of the German minority in Russia and the Soviet Union. They migrated to the Caucasus largely in the first half of the 19th century and settled in the North Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and ... (Ethnic group) [70%] 2023-12-22 [Russian and Soviet-German people] [Ethnic groups in Georgia (country)]...
9. North Caucasus: The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia (Russian: Предкавказье, romanized: Predkavkazye), is a subregion in Eastern Europe. It is the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, and is entirely a part of Russia , sandwiched between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea ... (Earth) [70%] 2024-01-01 [Eastern Europe] [Eurasia]...
10. Caucasus University: Caucasus University is a private university in Tbilisi, Georgia. The university was established in 2004 on the foundation of Caucasus School of Business, which was established in 1998 in partnership with Georgia State University, Atlanta, U.S., during the country ... (Private university in Tbilisi, Georgia) [70%] 2024-01-19 [Universities in Georgia (country)] [Educational institutions established in 2004]...
11. Caucasus campaign: The Caucasus campaign comprised armed conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, later including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, the German Empire, the Central Caspian Dictatorship, and the British Empire, as part of ... (Armed conflicts between the Russian and Ottoman Empires during WWI) [70%] 2023-12-11 [Russo-Turkish wars] [Middle Eastern theatre of World War I]...
12. Caucasus Mountains: The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia lying between the Black and the Caspian Seas in the Caucasus region. It occupies parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, drifting mainly from northwest to southeast. The Caucasus Mountains are ... [70%] 2023-02-04
13. South Caucasus: The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, which ... (Place) [70%] 2023-09-16 [South Caucasus] [Eastern Europe]...
14. Caucasus hunter-gatherer: Caucasus hunter-gatherer (CHG), also called Satsurblia cluster is an anatomically modern human genetic lineage, first identified in a 2015 study, based on the population genetics of several modern Western Eurasian (European, Caucasian and Near Eastern) populations. The CHG lineage ... (Anatomically modern human genetic lineage identified in 2015) [70%] 2023-08-21 [Peopling of Europe] [Last Glacial Maximum]...
15. Caucasus Mountains: The Caucasus Mountains are a mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe. Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, they are surrounded by the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in ... (Place) [70%] 2023-10-18 [Eastern Europe] [Western Asia]...
16. Caucasus Greeks: The Caucasus Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες του Καυκάσου or more commonly Καυκάσιοι Έλληνες, Turkish: Kafkas Rum), also known as the Greeks of Transcaucasia and Russian Asia Minor, are the ethnic Greeks of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia in what is now southwestern Russia, Georgia, and northeastern ... (Ethnic group) [70%] 2024-01-20 [Ethnic groups in Russia] [Greek minorities]...
17. Caucasus Nature Reserve: Caucasus Nature Reserve is a Russian zapovednik (strict ecological reserve) covering a heavily mountainous section of the Northwest Caucasus Mountains. It is the largest and oldest in the territory of specially protected natural area in the Caucasus, having been created ... (Nature reserve in Krasnodar Krai, Russia) [57%] 2023-11-28 [Nature reserves in Russia] [1924 establishments in Russia]...
18. Caucasus Nature Fund: Founded in 2007, the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF), is a German non-profit organization that supports the protected areas in the South Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The fund's mission is to provide long-term funding for ... [57%] 2024-01-11 [Caucasus] [Environmental organisations based in Germany]...
19. North Caucasus Line: The North Caucasus Line was a line of Russian forts and Cossack settlements along the north side of the Caucasus Mountains. Originating in the mid-16th century with a few free Cossacks near the Caspian Sea, from the mid-18th ... (Russian forts and Cossack settlements) [57%] 2024-01-05 [History of the North Caucasus] [Cossack hosts]...
20. Caucasus (Fabergé egg): The Caucasus Egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Michael Perkhin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1893. The Fabergé egg was made for Alexander III of Russia, who presented it to his wife, Empress ... (Fabergé egg) [57%] 2024-06-16 [Imperial Fabergé eggs] [1893 works]...
21. Caucasus Front (Russian Republic): The Caucasus Front (Russian: Кавказский фронт) was a major formation of the army of the Russian Republic (the successor to the Imperial Russian Army) during the First World War. It was established in April 1917 by reorganization of the Russian Caucasus Army ... (Russian Republic) [50%] 2023-12-20 [Fronts of the Russian Empire] [Military units and formations established in 1917]...
22. Languages of the Caucasus: The Caucasian languages comprise a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Linguistic comparison allows the classification ... (Diverse languages between the Black and Caspian seas) [50%] 2024-01-12 [Languages of the Caucasus] [Agglutinative languages]...
23. Alexandria on the Caucasus: Alexandria in the Caucasus (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια στον Καύκασο) (medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great (one of many colonies designated with the name Alexandria). He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of ... (Place) [50%] 2024-01-12 [Cities in Central Asia]
24. Languages of the Caucasus: The Caucasian languages comprise a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Linguistic comparison allows the classification ... (Social) [50%] 2023-11-04 [Agglutinative languages]
25. Dolmens of North Caucasus: Concentrations of megaliths, dolmens (Adyghe: исп-унэ) and stone labyrinths dating between the end of the 4th millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium B.C. have been found (but little studied) throughout the Caucasus Mountains, including Abkhazia. (Social) [50%] 2022-09-27
26. 1st Caucasus Army Corps: The 1st Caucasus Army Corps (Russian, 1-й Кавказский армейский корпус) was a military formation of the Russian Empire which existed between 1847 and 1918, including the period during World War I. It was reformed on December 17, 1878. (Military formation of the Russian Empire) [50%] 2023-11-28 [Caucasian Corps of the Imperial Russian Army] [Military units and formations of Russia in World War I]...
27. Caucasus Front (Soviet Union): The Caucasus Front was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War. The Caucasus Front was created on 30 December 1941 from Transcaucasus Front. (Soviet Union) [50%] 2023-10-12 [Soviet fronts] [Military units and formations established in 1941]...
28. Arabs in the Caucasus: Arabs first established themselves in the Caucasus in the eighth century, during the Arab conquest of Persia (see also Muslim conquest of Armenia and Arab rule in Georgia). The process of shrinking of the Abbasid Caliphate in the tenth century ... (Arabs in the region of the Caucasus) [50%] 2024-01-08 [Arab diaspora in Asia] [Arab diaspora in Europe]...
29. History of the Caucasus: The history of the Caucasus region may be divided by geography into the history of the North Caucasus (Ciscaucasia), historically in the sphere of influence of Scythia and of Southern Russia (Eastern Europe), and that of the South Caucasus (Transcaucasia ... (Place) [50%] 2023-11-23 [Western Asia]
30. Alexandria in the Caucasus: Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Greek:) (medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great (one of many colonies designated with the name Alexandria). He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills ... (Place) [50%] 2023-12-20 [Cities in Central Asia]
31. Avars (Caucasus): The Avars, also known as Maharuls (Avar: магӀарулал, maⱨarulal, "mountaineers"), are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group. The Avars are the largest of several ethnic groups living in the Russian republic of Dagestan. (Caucasus) [70%] 2023-10-12 [Avar people] [Ethnic groups in Dagestan]...
32. Argun (Caucasus): The Argun (Russian: Аргу́н, Chechen: Orga, Georgian: არღუნი - arghuni), also known as Chantiy-Argun, cognate with one of the biggest Chechen teips Chantiy, is a river in the Caucasus. It flows through the northern Caucasus, Georgia, and the Chechen Republic of Russia. (Caucasus) [70%] 2023-10-12 [Rivers of Chechnya] [Rivers of Georgia (country)]...
33. Burka (Caucasus): A burka (Abkhaz: ауапа awápa, Adyghe: кӏакӏо chakwe, Armenian: այծենակաճ aytsenakach, Avar: буртина burtína, Azerbaijani: yapıncı, Chechen: верта verta, Georgian: ნაბადი nabadi, Ingush: ферта ferta, Kabardian: щӏакӏуэ shakwe, Ossetian: нымӕг nymæg Russian: бурка burka, Svan: ღართ ghärt) is a coat made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of you. (Caucasus) [70%] 2023-10-12 [Uniforms] [Russian folk clothing]...
34. Filan (Caucasus): Filan (Arabic: فلان) was a people and principality in the early medieval Caucasus. They are known only from Arabic-language sources. (Place) [70%] 2024-03-12
35. Tat language (Caucasus): Tat, also known as Caucasian Persian, Tat/Tati Persian, or Caucasian Tat, is a Southwestern Iranian language closely related to, but not fully mutually intelligible with Persian and spoken by the Tats in Azerbaijan and Russia . There is also an ... (Social) [57%] 2024-03-23 [Languages of Russia] [Caspian languages]...
36. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute: The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute or CACI was founded in 1996 by S. Frederick Starr, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. [50%] 2024-01-06 [Think tanks based in the United States]