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Every place The Geography Planet mentions in "Russia and the Caucasus: The Mountain Frontier That Shapes Power", mapped
// THE CRUX The Caucasus is a mountainous, culturally fragmented natural fortress whose geography and energy corridors have resisted permanent external conquest while remaining an enduring geopolitical flashpoint.
43 places, in order of mention
| 00:06 | Caucasus | The Caucasus is not a peripheral region |
| 00:13 | Black Sea | Rising between the Black Sea and the Caspian |
| 00:14 | Caspian Sea | and the Caspian Sea |
| 00:17 | Europe | at the intersection of Europe, Russia |
| 00:18 | Russia | Europe, Russia, the Middle East |
| 00:18 | Middle East | the Middle East, and Central Asia |
| 00:19 | Central Asia | and Central Asia |
| 00:19 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 01:53 | Eurasia | seeks influence in Eurasia must confront the Caucasus |
| 03:22 | Greater Caucasus | To the north rises the Greater Caucasus |
| 03:35 | Lesser Caucasus | South of it lies the Lesser Caucasus |
| 05:47 | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan occupies just 86,600 square kilometers |
| 05:49 | Baku | Baku Azerbaijan |
| 05:53 | Caspian Sea | at the edge of the Caspian Sea |
| 08:22 | Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline | the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline stretch nearly 1,800 kilometers |
| 08:26 | Mediterranean Sea | to reach the Mediterranean |
| 08:32 | Southern Gas Corridor | The Southern Gas Corridor connects the Caspian to Europe |
| 09:06 | Armenia | Armenia is one of the oldest civilizations |
| 09:18 | Yerevan | Yerevan Armenia |
| 10:19 | Iran | Persians, Romans, Byzantines |
| 10:20 | Rome | Romans, Byzantines, Arabs |
| 10:21 | Istanbul | Byzantines, Arabs, Ottomans |
| 10:53 | Mount Ararat | stands Mount Ararat |
| 13:48 | Russia | For Russia, the Caucasus is not a distant frontier |
| 14:06 | Chechnya | republics such as Chechnya, Dagestan |
| 14:07 | Dagestan | Dagestan, Ingushetia |
| 14:08 | Ingushetia | Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria |
| 14:10 | Kabardino-Balkaria | Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia |
| 14:12 | Karachay-Cherkessia | Karachay-Cherkessia, and North Ossetia-Alania |
| 14:14 | North Ossetia-Alania | and North Ossetia-Alania |
| 15:48 | North Caucasus | than in the North Caucasus |
| 18:38 | Georgia | Georgia, the nation at the crossroads |
| 20:12 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi, its capital, is the perfect reflection |
| 20:53 | Abkhazia | The regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia |
| 20:55 | South Ossetia | and South Ossetia became instruments |
| 22:28 | Turkey | Turkey Eastern Anatolia, the southern approach |
| 22:32 | Eastern Anatolia | Eastern Anatolia, the southern approach |
| 23:51 | Mesopotamia | linking the Black Sea to Mesopotamia |
| 25:00 | Turkish Straits | and control of the straits acts as a maritime hinge |
| 25:11 | Ankara | Ankara projects power without the need to occupy |
| 27:09 | Iran | Iran the Southern Caspian |
| 27:30 | Iranian Azerbaijan | Iranian Azerbaijan, and the Caspian |
| 29:09 | Tehran | Tehran does not seek visible protagonism |