Caucasus

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mountainous region region

The Caucasus is a strategically vital mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas, historically contested by empires and known as a major crossroads of Europe and Asia.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caucasus region	31
Caucasus Mountains	22
Greater Caucasus	11
South Caucasus	2
Transcaucasia	2
the Caucasus	2
Greater Caucasus mountain range	1
Greater Caucasus orogenic system	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountainous region ⓘ region ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Iran ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
containsSubregion	North Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ
continentPartOf	Eurasia ⓘ
crossedBy	Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains
geologyType	orogenic belt ⓘ
hasClimate	varied climate ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Elbrus ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Azerbaijan ⓘ surface form: Baku Grozny ⓘ Tbilisi ⓘ Vladikavkaz ⓘ Erivan Governorate ⓘ surface form: Yerevan
hasMajorEthnicGroup	Armenians ⓘ Azerbaijanis ⓘ Chechens ⓘ Abkhazians ⓘ surface form: Circassians Georgians ⓘ Ossetians ⓘ
hasMajorReligion	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	minerals ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ
hasPart	Caucasus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater Caucasus Lesser Caucasus ⓘ
highestPointElevation	5642 metres ⓘ
historicallyContestedBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
knownFor	being a crossroads of Europe and Asia ⓘ ethnic diversity ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ strategic importance ⓘ
locatedBetween	Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
modernStatesInRegion	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Russia ⓘ
traversedBy	Silk Road routes ⓘ

Referenced by (202)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Terjola → locatedInGeopoliticalRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Zakatal Okrug → locatedInMountainRange → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus

Baku → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Batumi → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Qırmızı Qəsəbə → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Tiflis Governorate → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Caucasus

Treaty of Berlin (1878) transfer of Batum to Russian Empire → locatedInRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Vladikavkaz → locatedNear → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Tiflis Governorate → locatedOn → Caucasus ⓘ

1905 Russian Revolution → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Case Blue → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Caucasus campaign → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Crimean War → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Eastern Front → location → Caucasus ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Fall Blau → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Mediterranean theatre of World War I → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Operation Blue → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Operation Braunschweig → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Russian Civil War → location → Caucasus ⓘ

Stalinist repressions → location → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Prometheus → locationOfPunishment → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Qajar Iran → lostTerritoryRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → majorRangeIncludes → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Oghuz → migratedTo → Caucasus ⓘ

Ahiya Sottaiev → mountElbrusRange → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Kabardino-Balkaria → mountainRange → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Karachay-Cherkessia → mountainRange → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus

Capreolus capreolus → nativeTo → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Ovis orientalis → nativeTo → Caucasus ⓘ

Pontic Greek → nativeTo → Caucasus ⓘ

Sochi → near → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus Mountains

Caucasus Military District → operatedIn → Caucasus ⓘ

UTair Aviation → operatesRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Army Group A → operationArea → Caucasus ⓘ

Georgian script → originRegion → Caucasus ⓘ

Ai-Petri Mountain → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Caucasus orogenic system

Armenia → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Azerbaijan → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Colchis → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Georgia → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

North Caucasus → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Samegrelo → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Svaneti → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Tiflis Governorate → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcaucasia

northwestern Georgia → partOf → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Peter Knubel → placeOfActivity → Caucasus ⓘ

Khinkali → popularIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasus region

Naqshbandi → presentIn → Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Caucasus