Turn My Head To The Caucasus
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Turn My Head To The Caucasus
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Author : Aydın Osman Erkan
language : en
Publisher: Citlembik Publications
Release Date : 2009
Turn My Head To The Caucasus written by Aydın Osman Erkan and has been published by Citlembik Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The compelling story of Osman Ferid Pasha begins in the mid 19th century as a child fighting--and losing--against Russian incursions in the Caucusus, through the mass migrations to Istanbul and then his successes and failures in the Ottoman military. The war in the Caucusus, the struggles of Imam Shamil of Chechnya and the fall of the Ottoman Empire are all spotlighted as we come to admire this intriguing figure of the Caucasian Pasha.
History Of The Caucasus
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Author : Christoph Baumer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-10-05
History Of The Caucasus written by Christoph Baumer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with History categories.
In the Shadow of Great Powers is the second volume of Christoph Baumer's History of the Caucasus. It covers the period from the Seljuk domination of the Southern Caucasus around 1050 CE to the present day. After the Kingdom of Georgia's golden age of independent power and cultural blossoming in the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Caucasus was overrun by the Mongols and soon disintegrated into innumerable smaller kingdoms, principalities and khanates. At the same time, an Armenian kingdom in exile maintained a precarious independence in Cilicia, today's southern Turkey, by applying a three-way diplomatic policy balanced between the Mongol Il-Khanate, the Crusader states and, to a lesser degree, the Mameluke Empire. Then followed four centuries during which the highly fragmented polities of the North and South Caucasus became political pawns of the regional great powers, above all the Ottomans, Iran and Russia. In the wake of World War I the South Caucasus enjoyed a short-lived independence whereas its northern neighbours were engulfed by the Russian civil wars. But by 1921 the Soviet Union had re-established Russian dominance over the whole region and, from a Western perspective, the region 'disappeared' behind the Iron Curtain. Nevertheless, the Caucasian nations kept their pronounced identities even under Soviet rule, giving rise at the dissolution of the Soviet Union to a number of internecine conflicts. Whereas the Russian Federation managed to maintain its supremacy over the North Caucasus – albeit at the cost of bloody wars and insurrections – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia succeeded in more or less gaining control over their destiny. Of these three republics, only Azerbaijan secured a wide-ranging independence thanks to its fossil fuel resources. Following Russian interference, Georgia lost control over two of its provinces while Armenia remains dependent on Russian support in the face of its notoriously antagonistic relations with neighbouring Azerbaijan and Turkey over the unresolved issue of Karabakh. In the Shadow of Great Powers includes some 200 full-colour images and maps which further bring the turbulent history of this region to light.
Sketches Of Russian Life In The Caucasus
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Author : Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Sketches Of Russian Life In The Caucasus written by Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Caucasus categories.
Nart Sagas From The Caucasus
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language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-09-15
Nart Sagas From The Caucasus written by and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with Social Science categories.
The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures today survive by a thread. In ninety-two straightforward tales populated by extraordinary characters and exploits, by giants who humble haughty Narts, by horses and sorceresses, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus brings these cultures to life in a powerful epos. In these colorful tales, women, not least the beautiful temptress Satanaya, the mother of all Narts, are not only fertility figures but also pillars of authority and wisdom. In one variation on a recurring theme, a shepherd, overcome with passion on observing Satanaya bathing alone, shoots a "bolt of lust" that strikes a rock--a rock that gives birth to the Achilles-like Sawseruquo, or Sosruquo. With steely skin but tender knees, Sawseruquo is a man the Narts come to love and hate. Despite a tragic history, the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs have retained the Nart sagas as a living tradition. The memory of their elaborate warrior culture, so richly expressed by these tales, helped them resist Tsarist imperialism in the nineteenth century, Stalinist suppression in the twentieth, and has bolstered their ongoing cultural journey into the post-Soviet future. Because these peoples were at the crossroads of Eurasia for millennia, their myths exhibit striking parallels with the lore of ancient India, classical Greece, and pagan Scandinavia. The Nart sagas may also have formed a crucial component of the Arthurian cycle. Notes after each tale reveal these parallels; an appendix offers extensive linguistic commentary. With this book, no longer will the analysis of ancient Eurasian myth be possible without a close look at the Nart sagas. And no longer will the lover of myth be satisfied without the pleasure of having read them. Excerpts from the Nart sagas ? "The Narts were a tribe of heroes. They were huge, tall people, and their horses were also exuberant Alyps or Durduls. They were wealthy, and they also had a state. That is how the Narts lived their lives. . . ." "The Narts were courageous, energetic, bold, and good-hearted. Thus they lived until God sent down a small swallow. . . ." "The Narts were very cruel to one another. They were envious of one another. They disputed among themselves over who was the most courageous. But most of all they hated Sosruquo. . . . A rock gave birth to him. He is the son of a rock, illegally born a mere shepherd's son. . . ."
Lady Who
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Author : JOAN KİM ERKAN
language : en
Publisher: Tudem Yayın Gurubu
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Lady Who written by JOAN KİM ERKAN and has been published by Tudem Yayın Gurubu this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
The Circassian
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Author : Benjamin C. Fortna
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-12-15
The Circassian written by Benjamin C. Fortna and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with History categories.
Esref Kusçubasi remains controversial in Turkey over fifty years after his death. Elsewhere the man sometimes called the "Turkish Lawrence of Arabia" is far less known but his life offers fascinating insights into the traumatic, increasingly violent struggles that ended the Ottoman Empire and ushered in the modern Middle East. Drawing on Esref's private papers for the first time, these pages tell the story of the making of a headstrong "self-sacrificing" officer committed to defending the empire's shrinking borders. Esref took on a string of special assignments for Enver Pasha, the rapidly rising star of the Ottoman military, first in Libya against the Italians, then in the Balkan Wars and World War I, before being captured by the forces of the Arab Revolt and turned over to the British and imprisoned on Malta. Released in 1920, he joined the national resistance movement in Anatolia but fell out with Mustafa Kemal's leadership and switched sides, earning him banishment from the Turkish Republic at its founding and exile until the 1950s. Never far from the action or controversy, Esref's dynamic story provides an important counterpoint to the standard narrative of the transition from empire to nation state.
Kaukasis The Cookbook
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Author : Olia Hercules
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-08-10
Kaukasis The Cookbook written by Olia Hercules and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-10 with Cooking categories.
Over 100 recipes from Georgia and beyond.
Selected Works Of Leo Tolstoy
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Author : Leo Tolstoy
language : en
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-02-01
Selected Works Of Leo Tolstoy written by Leo Tolstoy and has been published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Selected works of Leo Tolstoy from the series "Best of the Best" is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book series were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person. These books have been around for decades, and sometimes centuries, for the time they recreate, the values they teach, the point of view, or simply the beauty of words. This volume of the Best of the Best series includes famous works WAR AND PEACE ANNA KARENINA RESURRECTION THE COSSACKS SEVASTOPOL THE KREUTZER SONATA IVAN THE FOOL FATHER SERGIUS A LOST OPPORTUNITY “POLIKUSHKA;” CHILDHOOD YOUTH THE INVADERS AND OTHER STORIES "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU" WHAT MEN LIVE BY AND OTHER TALES THE POWER OF DARKNESS FABLES FOR CHILDREN
Graham S American Monthly Magazine Of Literature Art And Fashion
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Author : George R. Graham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
Graham S American Monthly Magazine Of Literature Art And Fashion written by George R. Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with categories.
Five Steps To Resurrection
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Author : Anna-Nina Kovalenko
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-15
Five Steps To Resurrection written by Anna-Nina Kovalenko and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with Fiction categories.
Main themes: love, woman as its object and its source, emigration as a cultural experience, the philosophy of spiritual ascent, compassion for the animals, for the world. (One of main characters of the novel is Stacey, the cat adapted by heroine who then perished, but she came in critical time to save it.) Genesis and memorable events of the second half of the twentieth century, beginning of the twenty-first. Brief annotation: to an extent, Five Steps to Resurrection can be considered an alternative to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marques, in which a man and a woman, destined for each other, finally unite in advanced age. The narration, done in the voice of the female protagonist, maintains an ironic and skeptical distance, offering a bitter smile at times. In contrast to Marques, the author of Five Steps focuses not on physiological details but rather on visual descriptions (whether aesthetical or anti-aesthetical) as well as on subconscious processes. This novel, as the authors earlier novel White Horse, is written in a wreath form: each chapter begins with the last line of the preceding chapter, and the conclusion goes back to the foreword. The authors interest in the philosophical teaching Everest, and the work of its spiritual leader, D. Arundel, is apparent.
