Photography documenting the North Caucasus region north of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, including territories of present-day Chechnya, Dagestan, Ossetia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and other North Caucasian peoples. These images capture cross-Caucasus connections, highland cultures, the complex ethnic mosaic of the North Caucasus, and historical interactions between Georgian kingdoms and northern mountain peoples.