The Caucasus is a region located partly in Eastern Europe and partly in Western Asia, spanning Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and southern Russia. Bounded by the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, it inclu
Caucasian peoples: Georgians, Persians (in Azerbaijan), Circassians, Tatars (Azerbaijanis), and Ingush
The medieval Georgian village of Shatili
Ethnic groups inhabiting the Caucasus region
The village of Tindi, in Dagestan, in the late 1890s
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The Chechens, historically also known as Kisti and Durdzuks, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus. They are the largest ethnic group in the region an
Ethnic groups in the Caucasus
…Lezgic peoples: Aguls Archin Budukhs Jeks Kryts Lezgins Rutuls Tabasarans Tsakhurs Udis Nakh peoples: Arshtins Bats Chechens Kists Ingush Tsezic (Didoic) peoples: Bezhtas Hinukhs Hunzibs Khwarshis Tsez…
Chechens in Georgia wearing traditional clothing including chokha, c. 1870s
Lake Kezenoyam, Chechnya
Khoy, Chechnya
Chechen warrior