домик в истоках р.Аспидной (землянка)
The place
домик в истоках р.Аспидной (землянка) ("Small house at the headwaters of the Aspidnaya River, zemlyanka") in the Republic of Adygea/Krasnodar Krai, Krasnaya Polyana/Sochi area (Western Caucasus, Russia), at 1716 m elevation, on the slope of the 3238 m Chuguush summit. Continuous Russia Western Caucasus cluster (batches 260-348, ~35 records). Zemlyanka (traditional Russian "underground hut", half-buried wood-and-earth structure with natural winter insulation), headwaters of the Aspidnaya River, a tributary of the Mzymta, subalpine zone with Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) and Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis) within the Caucasus State Nature Biosphere Reserve (GKZ Kavkaz, UNESCO 1999), heritage of the Circassian Adyghe people (deported 1864, Muhajir, 500,000 to Turkey and the Balkans after the Russo-Turkish war, loss of 90% of the population, genocide, 19th century).
The setting
Adygea/Krasnodar Krasnaya Polyana/Sochi Western Caucasus Russia 1716 m Chuguush 3238 m, continuous cluster batches 260-348 ~35 records, zemlyanka half-buried wood-and-earth underground hut, headwaters of the Aspidnaya, tributary of the Mzymta, GKZ UNESCO 1999 Abies nordmanniana/Fagus orientalis, Circassian Adyghe Muhajir 1864 500,000 genocide 90% 19th century.
