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Every place CaspianReport mentions in "Geopolitics of the Black Sea", mapped
// THE CRUX Control of the Black Sea and its strategic straits drives an enduring geopolitical rivalry between Russia and Turkey, exacerbated by NATO expansion and regional conflict.
49 places, in order of mention
| 00:02 | Black Sea | the Black Sea has been the arena |
| 00:08 | Turkey | Turkey and Russia have played the most distinguished |
| 00:09 | Russia | Turkey and Russia have played the most distinguished |
| 00:35 | Crimea | military intervention in Crimea in 2014 |
| 00:37 | Abkhazia | and Abkhazia in 2008 suggests |
| 03:31 | Sea of Marmara | space is the Sea of Marmara |
| 03:39 | Bosphorus | by the way of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles |
| 03:40 | Dardanelles | the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, the Marmara Sea |
| 03:44 | Aegean Sea | connects the Black Sea to the Aegean |
| 03:46 | Mediterranean Sea | and from there to the Mediterranean |
| 03:54 | Istanbul | from their grand city of Istanbul |
| 04:17 | Gallipoli | occupy the Dardanelles at Gallipoli |
| 05:04 | Montreux | settled by the Montreux Convention of 1936 |
| 05:29 | Ankara | the treaty also grants Ankara the legal power |
| 06:52 | Arctic Ocean | Russian ports in the Arctic Circle |
| 07:23 | Don River | the rivers Don and Kuban connect Russia's |
| 07:24 | Kuban River | Don and Kuban connect Russia's socioeconomic core |
| 07:34 | Voronezh | upstream as the city of Voronezh |
| 08:20 | Caucasus | connects the Northwest Caucasus to the Black Sea |
| 08:29 | Sea of Azov | flow into the Sea of Azov |
| 08:40 | Strait of Kerch | through the Strait of Kerch |
| 08:47 | Crimean Bridge | site of the newly constructed Russian bridge |
| 10:08 | Thermopylae | advantage in the Battle of Thermopylae |
| 10:57 | Dnieper River | include the Dnieper, Dniester, and Danube |
| 10:58 | Dniester River | the Dnieper, Dniester, and Danube rivers |
| 10:59 | Danube River | Dniester, and Danube rivers |
| 11:45 | Kyiv | site of the Ukrainian capital |
| 12:02 | Romania | for example, Romanians |
| 12:14 | Alps | flow from the Alps and the Carpathians |
| 12:16 | Carpathian Mountains | the Alps and the Carpathians to the Romanian port |
| 12:18 | Constanta | to the Romanian port of Constanta |
| 13:40 | Poland | the powerful Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| 13:47 | Moscow | even briefly occupied Moscow at one point |
| 13:51 | Crimean Khanate | was the vigorous Crimean Khanate |
| 14:14 | Vienna | Poles battled the Turks in Vienna |
| 15:05 | Ottoman Empire | war against the Ottoman Empire |
| 15:33 | Arkhangelsk | was situated in Arkhangelsk |
| 15:44 | Saint Petersburg | city of Saint Petersburg was established |
| 15:46 | Gulf of Finland | by the Gulf of Finland |
| 15:52 | Neva River | the Neva River, which flows into the bay |
| 18:34 | Kaynardzha | Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca allowed the Russian fleets |
| 18:45 | Georgia | conquering Georgia, Ukraine, Bessarabia |
| 18:46 | Bessarabia | Ukraine, Bessarabia and so on |
| 20:01 | Ukraine | Ukraine's independence in 1991 deprived Russia |
| 22:01 | Tartus | naval base in Tartus in Syria |
| 22:23 | Bulgaria | real estate in Georgia, Bulgaria, and Romania |
| 23:34 | TurkStream | Russian-backed TurkStream pipeline |
| 23:46 | Balkans | focus on the Balkans instead |
| 25:13 | Incirlik Air Base | significant base by the city of Incirlik |