Caucasus

Брилева О.А. Гигатлинский клад и проблемы его интерпретации // Новейшие открытия в археологии Северного Кавказа: Исследования и интерпретации. XXVII Крупновские чтения. Материалы Международной научной конференции. Махачкала, 23-28 апреля 2012 г. - Махачкала: Мавраевъ, 2012. С. 281-283.

by Olga Brileva

Treasure from Gigatl and problems of his interpretation

Больше всего интерпретаций среди антропоморфной пластики Кавказа принадлежит одной статуэтке воина из Гигатля. В нем... more Больше всего интерпретаций среди антропоморфной пластики Кавказа принадлежит одной статуэтке воина из Гигатля. В нем видят скифского бога Таргитая, скифского вождя, а также представителя местного божества сасанидского периода. Изучив обстоятельства находки этой фигурки, оказалось, что она является частью клада, состоящего из 5 фигурок и 1 бляшки. Общий анализ гигатлинского клада позволяет отнести фигурку к периоду III-VI вв. н.э.

Türkiye ve Kafkasya: Reaksiyoner Dış Politikadan Proaktif Ritmik Diplomasiye Geçiş

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Mitat Çelikpala, "Türkiye ve Kafkasya: Reaksiyoner Dış Politikadan Proaktif Ritmik Diplomasiye Geçiş", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 7, Sayı 25 (Bahar), 2010

Ağustos 2008 Rus-Gürcü savaşının yarattığı sonuçlar sadece Kafkasları değil, neredeyse tüm küresel dengeleri derinden... more Ağustos 2008 Rus-Gürcü savaşının yarattığı sonuçlar sadece Kafkasları değil, neredeyse tüm küresel dengeleri derinden etkilemiştir. Savaşın başlattığı olaylar zincirinin, son dönemde bölgesel bir güç olarak içinde yer aldığı coğrafyalarda aktif bir dış politika izleme iddiasındaki Türkiye’ye etkisi doğrudandır. Gelişmelere gösterilen tepkiler ve şekillendirilmeye çalışılan “yeni” bakış açısı, çevresinde istikrarı sağlamaya ve sorunlara çözüm üretmeye çalışan bölgesel bir aktör olarak konumlanan Türkiye’nin politikalarının tartışılmasına neden olmuştur. Kafkaslar, “komşularla sıfır sorun”, “sorun değil çözüm üreten ülke” ve “ritmik diplomasi” gibi bir takım yeni söylemlerle, yeni ve etkin bir dış politika çizgisi oluşturmaya çalışan Türkiye’nin, dış politika süreçleri ve etkinliğinin izlenebileceği ilgi çekici örneklerden biri haline gelmiştir. Kafkasya’da yaşanan gelişmelere yönelik olarak Türkiye’nin izlediği politikalar, genel olarak Türk dış politikasının seyrini, hedefl erini ve dış politika yapım süreçlerini anlamada yardımcı olacaktır. Bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin Ağustos 2008 sonrası dönemde Kafkaslarda izlediği dış politikanın kapsamlı bir değerlendirmesini yapmaktadır.

Cheishvili Ana - Une collection archéologique du Caucase du Nord au Musée savoisien, in: L'Histoire en Savoie - Bulletin annuel de la Société Savoisienne d'Histoire et d'Archéologie. Chambéry. décembre 2008. p.4-8

by Ana Cheishvili

Ценности как оружие защиты геополитических интересов Запада

by Hayk Khanumyan

''Вовлечение без признания'',  Нагорный Карабах, Арцах

За последнее время Запад, в частности Евросоюз и США, скорректировал свою политику по отношению к постсоветским... more За последнее время Запад, в частности Евросоюз и США, скорректировал свою политику по отношению к постсоветским непризнанным/частично признанным странам. Это, в первую очередь, обусловлено пятидневной грузино-осетинской войной августа 2008 года. В статье обсуждаются причины, ставшие основой политики ЕС ''Вовлечение без признания''.

Values to guard West's geopolitical interests

by Hayk Khanumyan

Recently Western countries, particularly the EU and US, have been adjusting their policy towards unacknowledged/partly... more Recently Western countries, particularly the EU and US, have been adjusting their policy towards unacknowledged/partly acknowledged post-Soviet states. This was principally caused by the five-day-long Georgian-Ossetian war of August 2008. This article discusses the reasons behind the EU's policy of ‘engagement without recognition’.

Falsification of the inscriptions in the Caucasus (in Russian)

by Denis Kashtanov

О фальсификациях надписей на Кавказе // Новейшие открытия в археологии Севеного Кавказа: исследования и интерпретации. XXVII Крупновские чтения. Материалы международной научной конференции. Махачкала, 23—28 апреля 2012 года. Махачкала, 2012. С. 335—336.

Magnetometrie auf neuentdeckten früh-eisenzeitlichen Siedlungslandschaften bei Kislovodsk im Nordkaukasus

by Jorg W.E. Fassbinder

Fassbinder, J.W.E.; Korobov, D.; Reinhold, S.; (2007) Denkmalpflege Info, Vol. 136, p. 58-59

Magnetic prospecting in the Caucasus: Bronze Age settlements in the North Caucasus (Russia), new discoveries on the citadel of Erebuni (Armenia) and Neolithic sites in the Milsteppe of Azerbaijan

by Jorg W.E. Fassbinder

Fassbinder, J.W.E.; Reinhold S.; Helwing B.; Belinskiy A. (2011) Archeologia, Ethnologia, Folkloristika. Fund of Caucasus: Conf. Abstr.2010. p.233-236. Tbilisi

Neolithische Erdwerke am Kaukasus -die östlichsten Kreisanlagen Europas?

by Jorg W.E. Fassbinder

Fassbinder, JWE. Koch, J. Linck, R. Becker, F.(2011) Denkmpfl. Info Vol 150, p. 71-73

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by Nikolay Tsyrempilov

The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)

by Ana Sofia Reboleira

Sendra, Alberto and Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira. 2012. The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus). International Journal of Speleology, 41 (2): 221-230.

Subsurface biota extends over a wide variety of habitats that can be spatially interconnected. The largest communities... more Subsurface biota extends over a wide variety of habitats that can be spatially interconnected. The largest communities of this subsurface biota inhabit cavities and are well known mainly in caves where biologists are able to have access. Data about deep subterranean communities and arthropods living under one thousand meters was unknown.
An expedition to world’s deepest cave, Krubera-Voronja in Western Caucasus, revealed an interesting subterranean community, living below 2000 meters and represented by more than 12 species of arthropods, including several new species for science. This deep cave biota is composed of troglobionts and also epigean species, that can penetrate until -2140 m. Deep subterranean ecosystems should not be seen only as an evolutionary dead end towards the troglomorphic syndrome, but also as a shelter for epigean species populations, especially during long periods of time when surface conditions are severe for their survival. Most of the subsurface biota depends on allochthonous sources of organic carbon coming from: water percolating from the surface, sinking streams that enter caves, and activities of animals moving in and out of caves.
The biocoenosis and the vertical distribution of invertebrate fauna of Krubera-Voronja are provided, from its entrance to the remarkable depth of 2140 meters, including the discovery of world’s deepest dwelling arthropod.

Keywords: deep subsurface biosphere; biospeleology; vertical distribution; Krubera-Voronja; Western Caucasus

The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)

by Ana Sofia Reboleira

Sendra, Alberto and Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira. 2012. The world’s deepest subterranean community - Krubera-Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus). International Journal of Speleology, 41 (2): 221-230.

Subsurface biota extends over a wide variety of habitats that can be spatially interconnected. The largest communities... more Subsurface biota extends over a wide variety of habitats that can be spatially interconnected. The largest communities of this subsurface biota inhabit cavities and are well known mainly in caves where biologists are able to have access. Data about deep subterranean communities and arthropods living under one thousand meters was unknown.
An expedition to world’s deepest cave, Krubera-Voronja in Western Caucasus, revealed an interesting subterranean community, living below 2000 meters and represented by more than 12 species of arthropods, including several new species for science. This deep cave biota is composed of troglobionts and also epigean species, that can penetrate until -2140 m. Deep subterranean ecosystems should not be seen only as an evolutionary dead end towards the troglomorphic syndrome, but also as a shelter for epigean species populations, especially during long periods of time when surface conditions are severe for their survival. Most of the subsurface biota depends on allochthonous sources of organic carbon coming from: water percolating from the surface, sinking streams that enter caves, and activities of animals moving in and out of caves.
The biocoenosis and the vertical distribution of invertebrate fauna of Krubera-Voronja are provided, from its entrance to the remarkable depth of 2140 meters, including the discovery of world’s deepest dwelling arthropod.

Keywords: deep subsurface biosphere; biospeleology; vertical distribution; Krubera-Voronja; Western Caucasus

Turkey's Caucasus Policy

by Mustafa Aydin

in Mustafa Aydin (ed.), Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in Southern Caucasus (IOS Press, 2011)

Abstract. The emergence of newly independent states in the Caucasus at the end of the Cold War presented challenges to... more Abstract. The emergence of newly independent states in the Caucasus at the end of the Cold War presented challenges to Turkey, while enlarging its role. The collapse of the Soviet Union removed the century-old Soviet/Russian threat, while at the same time created a power vacuum on Turkey's borders. In this environment, Turkey became an important actor in the region as a result of its strong historical connections. While Turkey had traditionally avoided involvement in regional politics, it has since been drawn into the volatile new politics of the region. After twenty years, Turkey has become one of the important players in a region where its involvement has particularly increased since the August 2008 with its suggestion to establish Caucasus Cooperation and Stability Platform. Although its attempt to further engage Armenia is halted now and, economic and political conditions in the region are unlikely to stabilize for some years, it is without doubt that Turkey will continue to create new networks of interdependency between Ankara and the regional capitals.

Les appels à l’histoire ancienne dans les conflits modernes dans le Caucase, in: L'image de l’Antiquité chez les auteurs postérieurs, sous la rédaction de I. Lewandowski et Leszek Mrozewicz. Poznan, 1996, 183-199

by Askold Ivantchik

Between Exoticism, Geopolitics and Ignorance: The Search for a Post-Colonial Circassian History

by Irma Kreiten

Published both in English and Turkish in: Sürgün/Exile. 21 Mayıs/ May 21 1864. Ankara 2011

Брилева О.А. Гамдлисцкаройский клад и проблемы его интерпретации // Вопросы древней и средневековой археологии Кавказа. Грозный-Москва, 2011. С. 111-118

by Olga Brileva

Treasure from Gamdlisckaro and problems of Interpretation

Статья посвящена трактовке сцены, изображенной на пластине из Гамдлисцкаройского клада. Возможно, площадка... more Статья посвящена трактовке сцены, изображенной на пластине из Гамдлисцкаройского клада. Возможно, площадка иллюстрирует обряд вторичного погребения в Грузии, но изображена в традициях другой культуры.

Брилева О.А. Иллюстрация одного мифа на примере изображений воина и льва на штандартах XVI–XIV вв. до н.э. // Древность: историческое знание и специфика источника. Материалы международной научной конференции, посвященной памяти Эдвина Арвидовича Грантовского и Дмитрия Сергеевича Раевского. Выпуск V. 12-14 декабря 2011 года. - Москва, 2011. – С. 60 - 63

by Olga Brileva

Illustration of a myth about warrior and a lion on the standards XVI-XIV centuries. BC

Одни из первых бронзовых антропоморфных скульптур на Кавказе встречены на штандартах (или навершиях) на территории... more Одни из первых бронзовых антропоморфных скульптур на Кавказе встречены на штандартах (или навершиях) на территории Армении и Азербайджана. Науке известно лишь 2 подобных изделия, изображающих борьбу человека со львом. Любопытно, что в одном случае человек победил льва и держит его на цепи, а во втором случае человек повержен и обездвижен львом.

Turkey's Central Asia and Caucasus Policy in Arabic

by Muharrem EKSI

Review of Alex Marshall 'The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule'

by Alexander Morrison

Published in 'The Slavonic & East European Review' Vol.90 No.1 (Jan 2012) pp.170 - 174

The Late Sarmatian and Early Alanic elite plot in the cemetery of Klin-Yar III, near Kislovodsk (Stavropol kraj, Russia). In: Pos’yashchena pamyati M.M. Trapsh. Problemy drevnej i srednevekovoj arkheologii Kavkaza: Materialy konferentsii. Sukhum: ABIGI 2011. 202-206.

by Heinrich Härke

co-authored with A. Belinskij (Stavropol)

Klin-Yar is a well-known, large cemetery of regional importance for the North Caucasus. Joint Anglo-Russian fieldwork... more Klin-Yar is a well-known, large cemetery of regional importance for the North Caucasus. Joint Anglo-Russian fieldwork 1994-96 by A. Belinskij (Stavropol) and the author uncovered 52 graves, with more than 100 individuals.

This expedition also uncovered a concentration of rich Sarmatian and Alanic graves in one area which we termed the ‘elite plot’. With two exceptions, it contains the richest catacombs of these two phases at Klin-Yar. All Sarmatian catacombs of the elite plot date to the Late Sarmatian period (Gavritukhin’s phase RZ); the Alanic catacombs here belong mainly to the 5th/6th centuries AD (phase I after Gavritukhin) and the 7th century AD (phase III). The numbers of burials need not imply more than one high-status family, or at the most two families, burying their dead in the elite plot over some 350 - 400 years.

The elite plot at Klin-Yar seems to be a unique phenomenon in the North Caucasus. The increasing emphasis on family or kin-group burial in the elite plot during the Early Alanic period may signal the rise of a hereditary aristocracy.