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

Mt. Elbrus in southern Russia, one of the active volcanoes in the Caucasus Mountains. (Note the prominent flow levees sticking out of the snow cover on the dacite lava flow in the middle of the image.

Discover the Caucasus Mountains, filmed in Kabardino-Balkaria, a southern Russian republic known for towering peaks and alpine valleys. This footage captures rugged ridges, deep-cut gorges, and the ...

A good rule of thumb for the Caucasus is: “If you think you know what’s going on, just wait a minute.” Then sit down and read recent releases by Thomas de Waal and Oliver Bullough: they provide ...

In the Bronze Age, the Caucasus Mountains region was a cultural and genetic contact zone. Here, cultures that originated in Mesopotamia interacted with local hunter-gatherers, Anatolian farmers, and ...