Stretching between the Black and Caspian Seas, the Caucasus Mountains in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, form a dramatic natural divide between Europe and Asia. This region is home to Mount Elbrus, the ...
A RECENT volume of the Memoirs (Zapiski) of the Caucasian Branch of the Russian Geographical Society (vol. xv.) is of more than usual interest. It opens with a paper, by Mr. Konshin, on the old beds ...