The Khevsurs are an ethnographic group of Georgians who for centuries lived in the harsh highlands of Khevsureti (north of Tbilisi, right by the main Caucasus range). Even in XIX...
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Caucasians. Gurian lady with jug on shoulder
The Gurian people are an ethnographic group of Georgians originating from Guria, a region in western Georgia on the Black Sea coast. One of the main calling cards of Guria...
Caucasian volunteer
Caucasian soldiers most often served in irregular units, militias, and convoys. During the years of war, so-called “mountain militia” or “hunters” were formed from them — detachments organised along ethnic...
Caucasians. Armenian lady
The Armenian national costume is called taraz. The word itself, when translated from Armenian, means “appearance,” “look,” “form,” or “style.” Women’s taraz was striking for its particular elegance, multilayered structure,...
Vines grafting in garden
Grafting grapevines is a key agronomic technique that consists in joining a part of a cultivated plant, called the scion, with the root system of another variety—the rootstock. The main...
Students types. Caucasian community member
In the XIX century in the Russian Empire, student zemlyachestva (communities) were informal associations of students organized according to their place of origin—province, region, or ethno-cultural area. They existed primarily...