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The Caucasus region is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including Europe's highest mountain and a mountain range lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, considered part of the natural boundary between Europe and Asia. In term of Geography, it usually regards as part of Western Asia, adjacent to northeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. One noticeable thing is that the Caucasus is one of the most complex linguistic regions in the world, containing more than 60 languages from five distinct language families. This linguistic diversity in and of itself is a major draw for anyone interested in linguistics, but it also lends the region one of its most alluring charms - cultural diversity. And this portion of Russia and these small former Soviet republics are arguably part of Eastern Europe suffering from the same ethnic-hatred and tension that has plagued the Balkans including recent wars in Georgia, Armenia and Chechnya.
