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The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia , Georgia , and Azerbaijan , which are sometimes collectively known as the Caucasian States .
OC Media is a Tbilisi-based website founded in 2017 by journalists Mariam Nikuradze and Dominik K. Cagara and brings together journalists from throughout the Caucasus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The site covers the South Caucasus nations of Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia , Russia's North Caucasus republics, and the disputed territories of Abkhazia ...
South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia — a subregion of the Caucasus Region and part of Eastern Europe and West Asia. The region spans the southern section of the Caucasus Mountains and their lowlands between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea .
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are Aghwank and Aluank , among the Udi people , who regard themselves as descended from the inhabitants of Caucasian Albania.
The South Caucasus comprising present-day Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan has had a unique yet deeply intertwined role in the Russo-Caucasian conflict. Russian ambitions in the South Caucasus added layers of complexity to the prolonged struggle for control of the Caucasus, impacting local cultures, loyalties, and resistance movements.
Most of the South Caucasus had been absorbed by the Russian Empire in the first half of the nineteenth century. [8] A Caucasian Viceroyalty had originally been established in 1801 to allow for direct Russian rule, and over the next several decades local autonomy was reduced and Russian control was further consolidated, the Viceroyalty gaining greater power in 1845. [9]
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
The ABC Television Network has provided a live streaming service of world news, known as "ABC News Live," for eighteen hours per day, since 2018. This is available via ABC's official platform on Hulu, as well as the network's official YouTube channel. [1] In 2014, the CBS Television Network launched a live streaming news service, entitled "CBSN ...