The Curse of the Caucasus

October 30, 2003 | This article appeared in the November 17, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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When George Kennan set out for the Caucasus in 1870, few if any
Americans had explored the highlands of Dagestan, Chechnya and the wild
frontiers of imperial Russia. And with good reason.

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