The village of Lars is located at the narrowest point of the Darial gorge, one of the two passes through the Greater Caucasus Range (the other is near Derbent in...
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Terskol gorge
The Terskol Gorge is located between two spurs of Mount Elbrus, the southeastern Terskol spur and the eastern Tegenekli ridge. The gorge was formed partially by the swift current of...
Chertal dukhan between Ananuri and Pasanauri
The word “dukhan” comes from the Arabic “dukkān” meaning “shop” (in the Middle East, dukhan means “store”, and in modern Kazakh, düken has the same meaning). In the Caucasus and...
Old Lars and Dudarov tower
Verkhniy Lars is located at the narrowest point of the Darial gorge of the Terek river—a place where fortifications have been built since ancient times. According to Georgian chronicles, in...
Dudarov princes tower
The Dudarovs are an Ossetian princely family. They lived in the gorges of the Terek River and owned its left bank, from Lars to the point where the river flows...
Saltynsky bridge
The Saltynskiy Bridge (now lost) crossed the Kara-Koisu river near the Dagestan village of Salta. Originally, the bridge was made of wood. Only after the Caucasian War (1817–1864) imperial engineers...