Caption

Conflict in the Caucasus, 2000

Summary

These two maps show both the military tensions in the Caucasus and the ethnic diversity found in the region.

The first map on the left shows armed conflicts (red stars on the map), oil pipelines (dashed lines), frontiers guarded by mixed Russian and national forces (in green), Russian military presence outside of the Russian Federation (a black soldier symbol), and Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenian forces (red striped areas).

The second map shows various ethnicities in the area:

• Caucasian
  • Vainakh

    Chechnyans

    Ingush

  • People of Dagestan

    Avars

    Dargins

    Lezgins

    Laks

    Tabasarans

    Tsakhurs

    Rutuls

    Aguls

• Altaic
  • Azerbaijani
  • Kumyks
  • Nogais

Source

Le Monde Diplomatique [1]

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz

Primary Sources:

• Nicolas Beroutchachvili and Jean Radvanyi, Atlas géopolitique du Caucase, Inalco, Paris, 1996
• Central Intelligence Agency Maps and Publications.

Copyright

© Le Monde Diplomatique