The Caucasus has seen numerous crises since the region gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Some of these crises have not been resolved yet as evidenced by recent Russia-Georgia conflict. This paper seeks to analyze such crises within the framework of significant geopolitical changes unfolded by the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author argues that in the post-Sovi...

In the Southern Caucasus, evolution of Neolithic to Bronze age (6th-3rd millenia BCE) economies is often investigated through prism adaptation constrasted landscapes and environments (arid plain, high moutains, subtropical western coasts) strategies natural resource exploitation. This overview main technological functional characteristics ground stone tools from about 20 sites in Kura Valley (G...

The representatives of the genus Ametropus (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) were recorded 80 years ago in Georgia. Due to taxonomic uncertainty, specimens considered potentially new taxa. Since then, no other record has been documented from whole South Caucasus and its nearby regions further south. In present contribution, we provide a Alazani River (Kura Basin, Georgia). Morphological DNA barcoding CO...

An analysis of key characters for the separation of Thricops nigrifrons and Thricops longipes (Diptera, Muscidae) is given. A revised key for Thricops nigrifrons and related species, including two species recently described from the Caucasus, is proposed.

ABSTRACT Recent years have seen the rapid expansion of airborne and spaceborne remote-sensing products adopted by archaeologists for interpreting ancient landscapes managing heritage resources. A growing increasingly specialized literature attests to promise availability commercial publicly funded satellite imagery, as well UAV-mounted sensors across a range resolutions price points. In South C...

The problematic issues of the socio-economic policy Russia in development Black Sea coast Caucasus second half 19th century is analyzed article. relevance scientific research explained not only by growing public interest processes regional history, but also need for understanding and study strategically important South Russian region. localization creative was carried out, first all, on insuffi...