Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus

Arthur Tsutsiev

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Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus

Arthur Tsutsiev
Translated by: Nora Seligman Favorov

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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The Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus is a magnificent collection of fifty-six original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious, and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus—the region located between the Black and Caspian Seas that contains Europe’s highest mountain—from the eighteenth century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history of this area, poised between Europe and Asia, which has been marked by ethnic conflicts and changing political borders. The Atlas illuminates the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and provides a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers, and historians.

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Arthur Tsutsiev is the senior researcher at the Center for Social Studies at the Vladikavkaz Institute of Management. He lives in Vladikavkaz, Russia.

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Geosciences Cartography and Photogrammetry

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Georgi Derluguian Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Guide to the Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1. The Caucasus: Historical and Geographic Areas and Contemporary Borders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. 1722–1739: The Imperial Rivalry over the Caucasus Borderlands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	4
3. 1763–1785: The Caucasus around the Time of the Russian Conquests Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	4
4. 1774–1783: Ethnolinguistic Map of the Greater Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	8
5. 1791–1801: The Caucasus Defensive Line from Kizlyar to Taman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
6. 1801–1829: Russia’s Acquisition of Transcaucasia and the War in the Greater Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
7. 1829–1839: Administrative Makeup of the Early Russian Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
8. 1840–1849: Escalation of the Caucasus War and (Re-)Establishment of the Viceroyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
9. 1856–1859: Before the Final Storming of the “Caucasus Fortress,” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
10. 1860–1864: The End of the War and the Formation of Kuban, Terek, and Daghestan Provinces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
11. 1865–1870: Military-Native Government in Highlander Territories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
12. 1867–1886: The Ethnolinguistic and Administrative Composition of Daghestan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
13. 1871–1881: The Trend toward Civilian Government in the North Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
14. 1881–1888: The Caucasian Periphery of the Emerging Russian Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
15. 1763–1913: 150 Years of Russian Colonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
16. 1913: The Terek Cossack Host Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
17. 1763–1918: 155 Years of Non-Russian Colonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
18. 1886–1890: An Ethnolinguistic Map of the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
19. 1886–1890: A Religious Map of the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
20. 1913: Land and Ethnicity in Terek Province Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
21. 1903–1917: Administrative Divisions before the Collapse of the Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
22. October 1917–May 1918: The Beginning of the Civil War and Foreign Intervention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
23. May–November 1918: The Emergence of Independent States in Transcaucasia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
24. December 1918–November 1919: Denikin’s Dominance in the North Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
25. 1917–1919: The Gorskaya Republic, a Failed Attempt at Independence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
26. 1920: The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Soviet Russia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
27. 1920: Partition of the Republic of Armenia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
28. 1921: The End of the Georgian Democratic Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
29. 1921: Early Administrative Divisions in the Soviet Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
30. 1922–1928: Building a Soviet State out of Multitude of Nations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
31. 1926: An Ethnic Map Reflecting the First Soviet Census Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
32. 1926: Using the Census to Identify Russians and Ukrainians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
33. 1929–1934: The Rise and Fall of the “National Principle” in Administrative Divisions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
34. 1936–1938: The Constitutional Codification of a Hierarchy among Peoples and Territories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
35. 1937–1949: World War II and Ethnic Deportations from the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
36. 1943–1956: A Selective Purge of the Ethnopolitical Map Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
37. 1957: The Return of the Deported Peoples and the Restoration of Their Autonomies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
38. 1957–1990: Stability and Conflict under “Developed Socialism,” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	104
39. 1989–1991: Overview of the Ethnopolitical Rivalries at the Conclusion of the Soviet Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
40. 1991–2003: The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Escalation of Armed Conflict in the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
41. 1988–1994: Mountain (Nagorny) Karabakh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
42. 1991–1992: South and North Ossetia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
43. 1992–1993: Abkhazia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
44. 1994–2003: Chechnya and Daghestan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	124
45. 1989–2010: An Ethnic Map of the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
46. 2012: Major Roads and Transportation Corridors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
47. 2012: Primary Petroleum Transportation Routes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
48–56. Conflicting Historical Visions of Homelands and Borders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
57. 2014: The Political and Administrative Map of the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	148
Appendix 1: The Area and Population of Administrative Units and States of the Caucasus Region Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Appendix 2: Major Cities in the Caucasus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
Appendix 3: Ethnic Composition of the Caucasus: Historical Population Statistics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	178
Appendix 4: Administrative Units of the Russian Empire and the USSR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
List of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205

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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300160109

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