Countries and Nations of Caucasus in XIX- XX centuries 3620-2-RAK1-KNZ

1. The significance of the Caucasus as the bridge linking two continents: in the pre-industrial and oil exploitation phases.
2. Communication routes on land and their historical meaning comparing to the significance of water routes along the Caspian Sea shore.
3. Indications of Russian support for the formation of national identity of the Caucasian peoples in the XIXth century.
4. The Oil Revolution as a result of Russian policy or an effect of western investments?
5. First years of the XXth century in the Caucasus as the period of "three revolutions" - in Russia, Iran and Turkey.
6. Political organizations active in the Caucasus and their programs towards the ideas of socialism and national independence.
7. Main political parties playing the leading role among the main nationalities of the Caucasus during the first independence period of 1918-1920.
8. The program of Panturkism aimed at annecting the Turkish-speaking population of the Caucasus and the support of the political elite in Azerbaijan.
9. The Caucasia as the terrain of ethnic fight between the Armenians and the Azeris.
10. The Caucasus as the stronghold of the Mensheviks in the Tsar's empire.
11. The cities of the Caucasus in which the Bolsheviks made their first attempts to seize power.
12. The Turkish national and independence movement under the leadership of Kemal Pasha and its influence on Soviet Russia's conquests of the Caucasus.
13. Names and periods of activity of Caucasian federations.
14. Switch of the Arab alphabet for the Latin one in the 20s and its influence on cementing national identity of muslim peoples in the USSR.
15. The viewpoint of Stalin towards the development of national identities of peoples living on the territory of the USSR in the initial phases of Soviet Russia.
16. The Soviet policy of "korienizatsia" ("rooting") towards precedents in some periods of the Tsars.
17. The influence of the collectivization on social changes in the Caucasus and in other regions of the USSR.
18. Main Caucasian leaders leading post-Soviet political movements of "the wide front".
19. The nationalities of the Caucasus and their involvement in combat on Germany's side during World War II.
20. The renewal of the conflict for Nagorny Karabakh as the symptom of the oncoming fall of the USSR.