The South Caucasus is a geopolitical region located on the border of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Trans-Caucasus. (absoluteastronomy.com)
After the end of the Cold War and the evanescence of the Soviet Union, there appeared in Transcaucasia three distinct geopolitical entities: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh. (geopolitic.ro)
Distinct1
The Transcaucasus Front describes two distinct organizations during the war. (wikipedia.org)
Europe1
Injecting drug use remains highly prevalent in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Transcaucasia and North America, with rates that are 5.7, 2.8, and 2.5 times the global average, respectively. (medscape.com)
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Transcaucasia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Transcaucasia" was a major or minor topic of these publications. (umassmed.edu)
Below are the most recent publications written about "Transcaucasia" by people in Profiles. (umassmed.edu)
The people of Transcaucasia follow a number of different religions. (turningtooneanother.net)
The Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт), also translated as Transcaucasian Front, was a front of the Soviet Red Army-a military formation comparable to an army group, not a geographic military front-during the Second World War. (wikipedia.org)
The Transcaucasus Front was renamed the Caucasian Front on 30 December 1941. (wikipedia.org)
The second version of this front was again created from the Transcaucasus Military District on 15 May 1942, and continued in existence until its reorganization as the Tbilisi Military District on 25 August 1945 after the end of the war. (wikipedia.org)
The Tiger and the Knight by architect Elguja Amashukeli, situated in front of the former Transcaucasia Power Control Centre in Tiblisi. (cnn.com)
Georgia1
The GID on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia started on October 15, 2008, after the armed attack of Georgia on South Ossetia and after forcing the aggressor to peace, in accordance with the Medvedev-Sarkozy agreements, dated August 12, 2008 and September 8, 2008. (rsogov.org)
Azerbaijan1
The majority of the people in the southwestern part of Transcaucasia were Muslims and sought affiliation with Azerbaijan . (wikipedia.org)
Africa1
However, increased efforts are needed in other areas, including the Indian subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa, the Transcaucasus Region, and the central Asian republics (7). (cdc.gov)
Turkey2
Transcaucasia, also known as Southern Caucasia, is bounded on the north by Russia , on the east by the Caspian Sea , on the south by Iran and Turkey , and on the west by the Black Sea . (britannica.com)
Checklist and new data on Encyrtidae of Transcaucasia and Turkey (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). (nhm.ac.uk)
Russia2
Transcaucasia retains geopolitical significance for Russia today for much the same reason as in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (taylorfrancis.com)
He then stressed that the fact that the tsars got involved in Central Asia and Transcaucasia, and that the Bolsheviks continued their policy, does not mean that for Russia to continue this policy would be the right path. (memri.org)
Geographic2
The Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт), also translated as Transcaucasian Front, was a front of the Soviet Red Army-a military formation comparable to an army group, not a geographic military front-during the Second World War. (wikipedia.org)
Ethnic and cultural diversity in Transcaucasia was preserved by the geographic isolation of the many small ethnic groups that settled in the region's inhospitable mountainous terrain . (britannica.com)
Middle East1
Taxonomy of previously unclassified Tamdy virus (TAMV) (Bunyaviridae, Nairovirus) isolated from the Hyalomma asiaticum asiaticum Schülce et Schlottke, 1929 (Ixodidae, Hyalomminae) in the Middle East and transcaucasia]. (nih.gov)
History1
The events of August 2008 changed the course of history in the Transcaucasus. (opendemocracy.net)
Region2
Transcaucasia , small but densely populated region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains. (britannica.com)
Caucasia, the region including the mountain ranges of the Caucasus, comprises both Transcaucasia and the land north of the Caucasus, known as Ciscaucasia or Northern Caucasia. (britannica.com)
Central2
Nationalization and sociocultural, economic, and political indigenization proceeded much further in Transcaucasia than in Central Asia. (taylorfrancis.com)
The emigration is greater in Transcaucasia than in Central Asia both because inter-national conditions are worse and because the governments themselves are much more nationalistic. (taylorfrancis.com)
Military5
The first version was created on 23 August 1941 from the Transcaucasus Military District, which was originally formed in 1922. (wikipedia.org)
On 22 June 1941, when the German invasion started, the Transcaucasus Military District included the 3rd, 24th, and 40th Rifle Corps, the 28th Mechanised Corps, two cavalry divisions (the 17th Mountain and the 24th) and three separate rifle divisions (the 63rd, 76th, and 77th). (wikipedia.org)
The second version of this front was again created from the Transcaucasus Military District on 15 May 1942, and continued in existence until its reorganization as the Tbilisi Military District on 25 August 1945 after the end of the war. (wikipedia.org)
Orbat.com/Niehorster, Administrative Order of Battle, Transcaucasus Military District, 22 June 1941 The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine "Боевой состав Советской Армии на 1 октября 1941 г. (wikipedia.org)
All this suggests that the military conflict in Transcaucasia is far from being over. (pravda.ru)
Political1
Nationalist elites in Transcaucasia have been more exclusionary and more successful in gaining political power. (taylorfrancis.com)