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| Armenia An ancient, millennia-old civilization amidst stark mountain landscapes and remote canyons. Home to amazing world heritage sites, forgotten monasteries and boasting a wonderfully laid back and friendly culture. |
| Azerbaijan The richest state of the Caucasus, its capital awash in oil wealth and international business, wonderful old palaces of the Shirvan Shahs in Baku and Sheki, Zoroastrian fire temples, barren landscapes?oil and salt spreading across the surface, and world-class hikes in the lush heavily forested, mountainous north and south. |
| Georgia The lush green heart of the Caucasus, with fabulous cuisine and culture, incredibly diverse landscapes, and an exceptional wealth of ancient churches, cathedrals, monasteries, and cave cities |
| Russia's North Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia) A beautiful region of extraordinary mountains and river gorges, delicious food, stunning stone mountaintop villages, legendary hospitality, and a seemingly endless cycle of violence |
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For the regions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh see their claming countries' articles. While the legitimacy of these governments is disputed, from a traveller's point of view they have de facto control of the country. This is not a political endorsement of claims by either side in the dispute. |
