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If you are heading to this corner of the world, read the Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Georgia: Sovereign Country of the Caucusus, Ali and Nino, Stories I Stole and others

Probiotics have been making waves in the nutritional community for ages, but only recently has kefir been found to have an abundance of nutritional and healing benefits.

The Caucasus Mountains is a geographic region where four countries form the bounday between Europe and Asia - Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.

After the low-point of the Nebula Awards anthologies with the 2001 volume, the series began to slowly improve in quality, starting with Kim Stanley Robinson's choices.

There are over half a million ethnic Ossetians. They speak a language from the Iranian family (like the Pashto langauge of Afghanistan). Most are Christians.

The Scythians roamed and ruled much of what is now Ukraine and southern Russia, trading with Greeks, burying their dead in kurgans, and plundering villages.

"Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas." (Horace Gray)

Late summer, autumn until mid winter is apple season in North America. No fruit is more shrouded in folklore and more versatile.

Dietary supplements are used to correct nutrient deficiencies, enhance the immune system and general health, and reduce inflammation in autoimmune disease.

Composition and origins of the Russian Imperial Army's 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps of General NN Baratov fighting the Turks in Persia during World War One.

Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.

Cher, Charlez Aznavour, Andre Agassi, Gari Kasparov, Dennis Agadjanian, even Princess Diana - all these famous people are Armenians or have Armenian genes!

The lofty themes of Greek tragedy, namely fate and destiny, man and gods, wrongdoing and consequence, originated in the myths.