In places ranging from Syria to Transcaucasia, missionaries succoured those who did somehow live through the experience, and made sure that orphans were fed, educated and given a new life.
In September 1918 they dominated Transcaucasia.
The countries of Transcaucasia and Central Asia, members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, still trade largely within the former Soviet bloc as a result of both history and location.
Pushed forward by the Scythians, the Cimmerians in northern Iran and Transcaucasia tried to gain a foothold in Syria and western Iran.
The Gäncä-Qazax region is situated in the centre of Transcaucasia near the junction of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.
Stalin installed his Georgian comrade Lavrenty Beria as party chief, first in Georgia and later over all of Transcaucasia.
Caucasia, the region including the mountain ranges of the Caucasus, comprises both Transcaucasia and the land north of the Caucasus, known as Ciscaucasia or Northern Caucasia.
The postindependence period in Transcaucasia, however, was marked by instability, economic decline, ethnic violence, and war, as the government of Georgia battled separatist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Armenians and Azerbaijanis fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan.
Average temperatures in January range from 39 to 43 °F (4 to 6 °C) in Kolkhida and from 34 to 37 °F (1 to 3 °C) in eastern Transcaucasia.
More than 50 different peoples inhabit Transcaucasia; these groups have cultures extending back to ancient times.
C. 955 Georgia May 13 , 1028Mount Athos, Greece Euthymius The Hagiorite, Georgian Ekvthime Mthatzmideli (Euthymius of the Holy Mountain) (born c. 955, Georgia, Transcaucasia died May 13 , 1028 Mt. Athos, Greece) monastic leader, scholar, and writer whose propagation of Greek culture and Eastern Orthodox tradition generated the golden age of Georgian education and literature.
