FIRE AND SWORD IN THE CAUCASUS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TUMBUL NEAR NAKHITCHEVAN. ARMENIAN HOUSE PLUNDERED BY TARTARS	Frontispiece
WEST CAUCASIAN TYPES, NEAR BATUM	Facing. p.	32
ARDILER ON THE BLACK SEA	„	37
GAGRY ON THE BLACK SEA	„	37
MINGRELIAN CARTS	„	45
“THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.” THE MOUTH OF THE RION	„	45
THE “TZESAREVICH GEORGII”	„	47
BATUM. MOHAMMEDANS RETURNING FROM THE MOSQUE AFTER PRAYERS	„	47
BATUM. COSSACKS ON GUARD AT THE BLACK AND CASPIAN NAPHTHA AND TRADING COMPANY'S CASE OIL WORKS	„	54
CHAKVA, NEAR BATUM. DRYING TEA-LEAVES ON THE IMPERIAL ESTATE	„	59
MOHAMMEDAN AT PRAYER	„	59
KUTAIS. GEORGIAN TYPES	„	62
„ HOUSES AND GARDENS ON THE RION	„	64
„ PRIMITIVE NATIVE CARTS	„	64
MONASTERY OF GHELATI, NEAR KUTAIS	„	69
A GEORGIAN PRIEST	„	69
OZURGETY. GURIAN TYPES AT THE POPULAR TRIBUNAL	„	93
„ THE POPULAR TRIBUNAL	„	93
„ A VOTER AT THE POPULAR TRIBUNAL	„	97
„ THE DESERTED COURT-HOUSE	„	98
MONASTERY OF MOTZAMETY, NEAR KUTAIS	„	98
TIFLIS. A COSSACK ON THE VORONTZOFF BRIDGE	„	102
„ GROUP OF HIGHLANDERS	„	102
„ THE MAIDAN, OR TARTAR QUARTER, AND CITADEL	„	107
„ TARTAR TYPES	„	110
„ NATIVE CART, WITH BUFFALOES	„	112
„ MARTIAL LAW: THE SEARCH FOR ARMS	„	120
„ „ „ AN ARREST	„	129
„ „ „ PEOPLE SEARCHED FOR ARMS	„	129
IN THE KARABAGH STEPPE. A SLEEPING TOWER	„	177
CAMELS IN THE CAUCASUS	„	177
BAKU. GENERAL VIEW OF THE HARBOUR	„	184
„ THE BIBI EYBAT OIL-FIELDS	„	184
„ THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL	„	191
„ COSSACK PATROL ON THE QUAY	„	191
„ A QUIET DRIVE, WITH A SOLDIER ON THE BOX	„	193
„ BIBI EYBAT OIL-FIELDS. THE RUINS	„	193
„ RUINED DERRICKS AT BIBI EYBAT	„	197
„ AFTER THE FIRES AT BIBI EYBAT	„	197
„ CORPSES IN THE CEMETERY AT BALAKHANY	„	202
„ TARTAR WORKMEN	„	206
„ ARMENIAN WORKMEN	„	206
„ MOUNT ARARAT	„	209

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ARMENIAN TYPES	Facing. p.	212
ERIVAN. CARTS IN THE BAZAR	„	217
„ SHOPS	„	217
„ IN THE BAZAR	„	220
„ TARTARS IN THE BAZAR	„	220
„ IN THE COURTYARD OF THE MOSQUE CALLED GOK DJAMI	„	224
ETCHMIADZIN. OUTSIDE THE WALLS	„	233
„ THE RESERVOIR	„	233
„ CATHEDRAL OF ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR	„	237
„ ARMENIAN BOYS AT THE ACADEMY	„	240
„ ARMENIAN BOYS; ARCHIMANDRITE IN THE CENTRE	„	240
COSSACK TYPES IN THE TRAIN EN D'ESHABILLE	„	251
ON THE ROAD TO PERSIA. WAYSIDE STATION	„	256
„ „ SOLDIERS AT NURASHEN	„	256
„ „ TARTAR PASSENGERS FORAGING	„	260
„ „ THE OLD METHOD OF CONVEYANCE AND THE NEW	„	263
„ „ NAKHITCHEVAN STATION	„	263
NAKHITCHEVAN. GUARDIANS OF LAW AND ORDER	„	265
„ SOLDIERS IN THE BAZAR	„	265
„ TARTAR TYPES IN THE BAZAR	„	267
„ ARMENIAN SHOPS PLUNDERED BY TARTARS	„	267
„ CORPSES OF ARMENIANS AFTER THE MAY MASSACRE	„	270
„ A SHIAH MULLAH	„	271
„ THE TOWER OF THE KHANS	„	273
„ ARMENIAN VILLAGE. PRIEST’S HOUSE	„	273
ARMENIAN VILLAGE GUARD AT ALAGÖZ-MAZRA	„	277
GROUP OF ARMENIAN VILLAGERS AT NAZARABAD	„	278
NURASHEN. ARMENIAN CHURCH SACKED BY TARTARS	„	282
DJAGRY. GENERAL VIEW	„	283
„ HOUSE OF A RICH ARMENIAN BURNT BY TARTARS	„	285
„ TARTARS AT THE INN	„	288
GYAZ. ARMENIAN CHURCH PLUNDERED BY TARTARS	„	290
VILLAGE GUARD AT KHAL-KHAL	„	292
ANI CAVE DWELLINGS	„	292
ANI. WALLS VIEWED FROM WITHIN	„	297
„ WALLS VIEWED FROM OUTSIDE	„	297
„ THE CATHEDRAL	„	298
„ CHURCH OF ST. GREGORY	„	303
„ THE CASTLE	„	305
„ GROUP OF TARTAR CHILDREN	„	310
THE GEORGIAN ROAD. VIEW OF MTZKHET	„	313
„ „ VIEW OF DUSHET	„	313
„ „ GUDAUR AND THE SEVEN BROTHERS	„	315
„ „ NATIVE CARTS AT KAZBEK	„	317
„ „ PUBLIC DILIGENCE	„	317
„ „ KOBI	„	318
„ „ VIEW OF THE KAZBEK	„	320
„ „ DARIAL PASS	„	322
ROSTOFF-ON-THE-DON. BURNT JEWISH HOUSES	„	322
„ „ INTERIOR OF THE SYNAGOGUE AFTER THE POGROM	„	325
KUTAIS. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION IN OCTOBER	„	331
„ COSSACKS ON GUARD	„	331

Table of contents
Cover and pp. 1-4 | Prefatory note | Table of contents (as in the book) | List of illustrations
“Chronological table of recent events in the Caucasus”
1. The Caucasus, its peoples, and its history | 2. Eastward ho! | 3. Batum
4. Kutais and the Georgian movement | 5. The Gurian “republic” | 6. Tiflis
7. Persons and politics in the Caucasian capital
8. Armenians, Tartars, and the Russian government
9. Baku and the Armeno-Tartar feud | 10. Bloodshed and fire in the oil city
11. The land of Ararat | 12. The heart of Armenia | 13. Russia's new route to Persia
14. Nakhitchevan and the May massacres | 15. Alexandropol and Ani
16. Over the frosty Caucasus | 17. Recent events in the Caucasus | Index

Acknowledgements:

Source: Villari, Luigi. Fire and Sword in the Caucasus by Luigi Villari author of “Russia under the Great Shadow”, “Giovanni Segantini,” etc. London, T. F. Unwin, 1906
Provided by: Aram Arkun, Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center
Scanned by: Karen Vrtanesyan
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