домик в верховьях р.Луганки
The place
домик в верховьях р.Луганки ("Little house at the headwaters of the Luganka river") in Krasnodar Krai, Sochi/Krasnaya Polyana sector (Caucasus Nature Reserve, Karachay-Cherkessia, Abkhazia border, Russia), at 2,128 m elevation, northern slope of the Western Caucasus. Continuous Russian Caucasus cluster (batches 250-367). Alpine refuge/cabin at the headwaters of the Luganka (Kavkazsky Zapovednik, Russia's oldest reserve, established 1924, UNESCO 1999, Western Caucasus, 3,000 km², last wild population of the Caucasian bison, Bison bison bonasus caucasicus, reintroduced 1946-1990, 100 individuals + Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 22nd edition, at 2,000 m, gateway to the Aibga/Rosa Khutor glaciers + Bolshoi Fisht, 2,867 m, an iconic nearby summit + heritage of the Circassian/Adyghe peoples (a northwest Caucasian people, 700,000 strong, Adyghe, Kabardian, and Circassian speakers, Circassian language + the 1864 Muhajir genocide, Russian Empire, 90% of the population exiled to the Ottomans, 1.5 million victims, present-day Turkey home to a 3 million-strong diaspora + Jamal al-Din al-Ghumuqi, Naqshbandi mysticism, Imam Shamil, 1834-1859).
The setting
Krasnodar, Sochi/Krasnaya Polyana, Caucasus Nature Reserve, Karachay-Cherkessia, Abkhazia border, Russia, 2,128 m, northern slope of the Western Caucasus, continuous cluster batches 250-367, alpine refuge at the Luganka headwaters, Kavkazsky Zapovednik 1924, UNESCO 1999, Western Caucasus 3,000 km², Caucasian bison Bison bison bonasus caucasicus reintroduced 1946-1990, 100 individuals + Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics 22nd edition, 2,000 m, Aibga/Rosa Khutor + Bolshoi Fisht 2,867 m, Circassian/Adyghe peoples, northwest Caucasus, 700,000, Circassian language + 1864 Muhajir genocide, Russian Empire, 90% exiled to the Ottomans, 1.5 million, present-day Turkey 3 million diaspora + Jamal al-Din, Naqshbandi, Imam Shamil, 1834-1859.
