THE NORTH CAUCASUS ETHNIC GROUPS IN HISTORICAL NARRATIONS AND CARTOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS PERFORMED IN THE LAST DECADES OF THE XVIII - THE BEGINNING OF THE XIX CENTURIES

Abstract

The article focuses on the issues of the Caucasus ethnic groups’ investigation by the Russian scientists and military authorities from the point of view of theRussian Empire’s geopolitical interest realisation.

Keywords

• military and political history of the north caucasus
• historical narrations
• the military authorities
• academicals expeditions
• cartography