The geographical position of Transcaucasia made this region the scene of bloody wars, with short interruptions lasting almost two and a half millennia. Peace reigned in Transcaucasia only when its countries - of their own free will or not - became part of the Russian Empire. However, in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, a series of wars began again in Transcaucasia, which claimed tens of thousands of lives. What caused these wars? What role do big politics and the oil business play in them? What are the prospects for the peoples of Transcaucasia in the new century? Here are just a few of the questions that the famous domestic historian Alexander Shirokorad answers in his book...