Apropos of Lermontov

As you may have realised while reading A Hero of our Time, most of the action in the first section takes place in the now heavily contested borders of “independent” (at least according to Russia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) South Ossetia.  With winter coming on, and most of the mountainous passes becoming impassable, it looked as though [...]

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Tbilisi – Vladikavkaz

here’s the area where the narrator’s journey in “Bela” takes place: Take a good zoom in to view the massive Caucasian Mountains that are located in-between. It was this area that registered a good portion of the hostilities in September of this year.

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