Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings 1589 to 1605, Volume 1

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 9
LIST OF MAPS......Page 15
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 16
FOREWORD......Page 19
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 27
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND ON THE SPELLING OF PROPER NAMES......Page 31
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 35
1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 37
2. GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND......Page 44
3. THE TEREK ROUTE THROUGH THE CAUCASUS......Page 48
4. 'THE FREE TEREK COSSACKS'......Page 54
5. 'TEREK-TOWN'......Page 56
6. THE TRIBES OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: CIRCASSIANS AND KABARDANS......Page 60
7. THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: OSETIANS, CHECHENS AND INGUSHES......Page 67
8. DAGHESTAN: KUMUKHS AND KUMYKS, KAYTAKHS AND AVARS......Page 74
9. THE GEORGIAN KINGDOMS......Page 85
10. EARLY RELATIONS OF KAKHETI WITH RUSSIA......Page 98
11. SHIRVAN AND AZERBAIJAN: THE PERSIAN PRESENCE IN CAUCASIA......Page 104
THE EMBASSY OF ZVENIGORODSKI AND ANTONOV (1589-90)......Page 125
1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ROAD......Page 127
2. JOURNEY THROUGH KABARDA......Page 146
3.
THE ROAD TO GREMI......Page 173
4. NEGOTIATIONS WITHKING ALEXANDER......Page 195
5. MATTERS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL......Page 220
6. WORLD AFFAIRS AND THE FALCONER'S SON......Page 232
7. ARMOUR AND ARGAMAKS......Page 261
1. MONASTERIES AND CATHEDERALS IN AND AROUND MOSCOW......Page 273
2. SOME RUSSIAN MILITARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE TERMS......Page 275
3. RELIGEOUS CONTACTS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA......Page 277
4. THE KIZILBASHES......Page 278
5. RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH THE CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES......Page 279
6. THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF SIBIR......Page 281
7. THE TOWNS ALONG THE VOLGA ROUTE......Page 283
8. SHAH ABBAS AND HIS GEORGIAN CONNECTIONS......Page 297
9. DERBENT AND BAKU......Page 306
10. FURS, FISH TEETH AND CUIRASSES......Page 307
11. MURAT GIRAY......Page 310
12. THE PRINCELY FAMILIES OF KABARDA......Page 311
13. THE TERM KHOLOPY......Page 326
14. SHIKH MURZA OF THE OKOK AND 'THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN LANDS'......Page 327
15. METSK BATSK......Page 329
17. THE PERSONALITY OF SOLOKH OF LITTLE KABARDA......Page 331
18. THE ITINERARY OF THE AMASSADORS FROM SUNZHAFORT TO DARYAL......Page 332
19. THE DARYAL GORGE: ITS HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY......Page 341
20. (A) 'THE GREAT SETTLEMENT OF SONI AND THE MONASTERY OF THE IMMACULATE MOTHER OF GOD'......Page 351
20. (B) 'ARISTOP (ARISTOV) PRINCE OF SONI': NOTE ON THE ERISTAVS OF THE KSANI AND THE ARAGVI......Page 353
20. (C) 'SONI-LAND' (-SONSKAYA ZEMLYA): NOTE ON THE ETHNOLOGY OF THE ERISTAVATE OF ARAGVI......Page 358
21. THE RIVERS OF KAKHETI: THE ARAGVI, THE IORA (IORI) AND TH ALAZANI......Page 364
22. THE HORSES CALLED ARGAMAKS......Page 368
23. ST GEORGE OF ALAVERDI......Page 370
24. THE SACRED DECORATIONS OF A GEORGIAN CHURCH (AM)......Page 371
25. THE TOWN OF KRYM = GREMI......Page 373
26. ON ROYAL FALCONS AND FALCONRY IN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA......Page 375
27. KING SIMON I OF KARTLI......Page 385
28. THE VILLIAGE OF TOG OR TORGA......Page 386
29. THE ORGANISATION OF THE KAKHIAN ARMY......Page 387
30. THE BANNER OF KISIK (G. KISIQI)......Page 388
31. THE TOWN OF ZAEM, ZAGEM, ZEGAN, ZAKAM......Page 389
32. GENZA AND ARESHI......Page 391
33. SOME CHURCHES AND BISHOPRICS OF KAKHETI......Page 394
34. THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME 'WHITE TSAR'......Page 399
35. THE TITLE 'KRYM-SHEVKAL'......Page 400
36. PRINCE SULIMAN......Page 401
37. GEORGIAN MERCHANTS ABROAD......Page 402
38. THE IRON GATES OF DERBENT......Page 404
39. MOSCOW AS THE THIRD ROME......Page 405
40. ON THE IDEA OF A RUSSIAN POPE......Page 406
41. THE DIDO TRIBE......Page 407
42. KING ALEXANDER'S ACCOUNT OF HIS OWN LIFE......Page 408
43. KIZILBASH DAMASK AND CARPETS......Page 411
44. THE KALKAN OR KARAKALKAN MOUNTAINEERS......Page 413