SOME REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE IRANIAN STRATUM OF CAUCASIAN PERSIAN (TATI) LEXICON by ARTYOM TONOYAN

“…The Caucasian Persian (Tat), being the only Southwest Iranian language, which is descended from Early New Persian and is spoken in the eastern part of Transcaucasia, is of great interest in the context of the study of the problems related to areal and historical-comparative linguistics, as well as in concern of the revision of issues related to historical contacts and interactions between Iranian languages and peoples in Transcaucasia.…”
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Review of weevils of the genus Brachycerus Olivier (Coleoptera: Brachyceridae) from the European part of Russia, the Caucasus and contiguous countries by Yu.G. Arzanov

“…Is given key to the 8 species of the European part of Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia and Crimea…”
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Išuwa towards the end of the XIII century BC (on the problem of the grooved ware) by Aram Kosyan

“…For the solution to this problem the author refers to the movement of the population of the Kura-Araxes culture of Transcaucasia and neighboring regions to the south-west and south which happened about 2000 years before the end of the LBA, during the termination of the Early Bronze Age I in Transcaucasia (end of the IV millennium BC). …”
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At the origins of the idea of the Caucasian Muslim confederation: on the union of Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and the Mountainous Republic in 1917–1918 by Vadim V. Mikhailov

“…On the basis of a significant amount of documentary and archival material, the article examines the background and development of the idea of creating a political and state association of the territories inhabited by the Muslim peoples of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It is shown how the idea of cultural and national autonomy of the national outskirts arose in the course of the democratic movement in Russia in 1917, and how after the Bolshevik Coup in Russia, that idea was transformed into plans for the creation of independent political entities in Transcaucasia and the North Caucasus. …”
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REMARKS ON THE FIFTH-GENERATION WARFARE AND THE SECOND NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR by Alba Iulia Catrinel POPESCU

“…And what was the impact of the military confrontation in Transcaucasia on the way the modern warfare was conducted? …”
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Non-Metric Dental Traits in Human Skeletal Remains from Transcaucasian Populations: Phylogenetic and Diachronic Evidence by Khudaverdyan Anahit Yu.

“…The aim of the study is the assessment of biological distance between populations from Transcaucasia on the basis of the frequency of dental morphological traits. …”
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CHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAM. COMELICANIIDAE MERLA, 1930 (BRACHIOPODA) by RENATO POSENATO

“…The brachiopods span from Dzhulfian in the Bükk Mts., Lower Dorashamian in Transcaucasia, to a more likely Upper Dorashamian in the Southern Alps and Transdanubian Central Range. …”
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Iranian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus: Identity and National Interests by Fatemeh Atrisangari

“…The article aims at clarifying the role of identity in determining Iran’s national interests in Transcaucasia and studies Iran’s foreign policy in the region within the mentioned framework. …”
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Russian Exporters to Iran vs Transcaucasian Transit of European Goods in the Early 1880s by Gadilya G. Kornoukhova

“…The problem of European goods transit from the Black Sea ports of Russia through Transcaucasia to the northern markets of Persia in the 19th century is considered. …”
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Chronology of the early period of the Ananyino cultural and historical area by Kuzminykh Sergei V., Chizhevsky Anrdei A.

“…The chronology is based upon the objects imported from the Black Sea region, Northern Caucasus and Transcaucasia and their Ananyino replicas or imitations. …”
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Comments on the interpretation of the so-called supports for phialae from the town of Brezovo, Plovdiv region by Petar Minkov

“…They are characteristic of the lands of continental Greece where they first appeared, and the territories of the Balkan Peninsula and Transcaucasia. These finds are widespread in Bulgarian lands. …”
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“My Dear Fatherland, When Will You Ever Flourish?” Recent Historical Literature on Georgia by Hausmann Guido

“…The history of Georgia and the entire South Caucasus or Transcaucasia is a heavily marginalised field in international historical scholarship. …”
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NIKO NIKOLADZE AND RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AS A FACTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF KUTAISI by Nana Lukhutashvili

“…From the 2nd half of the 19th century, the government of tsarist Russia, expressing the interests of its country's capitalism, started the construction of railways to Transcaucasia. This measure was aimed to transform Georgia and Transcaucasia into a key base of sales of products and a source of raw materials. …”
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Salt and gypsum pedofeatures as indicators of soil processes by I. A. Yamnova

“…The paper presents the results of a comprehensive morpho-mineralogical analysis of the newly formed salt and gypsum pedofeatures in saline soils in the south of European Russia and Cis-Baikal region as well as Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.…”
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Ways of Energy Supply in the Republic of Armenia by M. T. Hakobyan, A. I. Ksenofontov

“…This article discusses the only Armenian nuclear power plant operation in Transcaucasia, the energy demand of the population of the Republic of Armenia, the restoration and secondary launch of nuclear power plants, environmental impact assessment, and prospects for the development of nuclear energy in the country. …”
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Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1799) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) revised in the Caucasus: taxonomy, life history, rediscovery and conservation in Armenia by D.V. Morgun

“…New data on ecology and distribution of B.  eunomia in Transcaucasia upon the population rediscovered in Armenia are presented. …”
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Bees of genera Ceratina Latreille, 1802 and Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophoridae) of Azerbaijan by Kh.A. Aliyev, V.P. Qamarli

“…Ceratina cucurbitina (Rossi, 1792), C. nigrolabiata Friese, 1806, C. nigroaenea Gerstaecker, 1869 and Xylocopa olivieri Lepeletier, 1841 are recorded to the fauna of Transcaucasia for the first time.…”
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Azeri networks through thick and thin: West Asian politics from a diasporic eye by Serkan Yolaçan

“…It advances this transregional perspective from the viewpoint of an old imperial frontier, Transcaucasia, and its erstwhile Azeri diaspora. By drawing on archival material, oral histories, contemporaneous print media, and secondary literature, this article traces the movement of Azeris from the Transcaucasian frontier into the political domains of Iranians, Russians/Soviets, and Turks/Ottomans, and show how their movements became avenues for political subversion, territorial expansion, and informal diplomacy over the course of the 20th century and until today.…”
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The easternmost record of Pezothrips dianthi (Priesner, 1921) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Europe by S.V. Poushkova, E.A. Khachikov

“…Previously the species was known from Europe, Ukraine, Russia (Crimea, Kursk Region), Transcaucasia, Iran, and Tajikistan. A brief redescription of the species is given. …”
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Psychodidae (Diptera) of Azerbaijan and Georgia – faunistics with biodiversity notes by Jan Ježek, Peter Manko, Jozef Oboňa

“…Nine species are recorded for the first time since their original description; 12 species are new for Transcaucasia; 22 species are new for Azerbaijan; and 17 species are new for Georgia. …”
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