Camping at the head of Enguri gorge in front of Shkhara peak, the highest point in Georgia. Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

View towards Meskheti Range (Lesser Caucasus) over the Mtkvari river valley, Chacharaki, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia.

Chvibiani and Zhibiani, Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Chazhashi and Murkmeli, Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Ailama peak, and the source of the River Kolrudashi, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Shkhara peak in the massif known as the Bezingi (or Bezengi) Wall, Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Ailama peak, and the source of the River Kolrudashi, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Gergeti Trinity Church, Stepantsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia.

Chvibiani and Zhibiani with snow-covered Shkhara peak in background, Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia.

Tatev Monastery complex, Tatev, Syunik Province, Armenia

Georgia, Georgian Military Highway, Kobi, mountain landscape

Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Armenian autonomus region), Stepanakert, Papik-Titik, We are the Mountains, monument

Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Armenian autonomus region), Stepanakert, Papik-Titik, We are the Mountains, monument

Mount Kazbek (5047m), the third-highest peak in Georgia, bordering Russia, with the Gergeti Trinity Church on its slopes. Khevi-Kazbegi region. Georgia, Caucasus

Russia, freeride ski in Caucasus

Russia, freeride ski in Caucasus

Russia, Caucasus mountains

Horseback riding, Valley of seven lakes, Caucasus mountains, Abkhazia, Georgia

Valley of seven lakes, Caucasus mountains, Abkhazia, Georgia

Valley of seven lakes, Caucasus mountains, Abkhazia, Georgia

Valley of seven lakes, Caucasus mountains, Abkhazia, Georgia

Eurasia, Caucasus region, Nagorno-Karabakh, independent Armenian enclave officially within Azerbaijan

Eurasia, Caucasus region, Armenia, Khor Virap monastery; Lesser Ararat (3925m) near Mount Ararat in Turkey photographed from Armenia

Armenia, Lake Seven, Sevanavank monastery

Armenia, Lake Seven, Sevanavank monastery

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Stalin Dacha, summer house of Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin on the gounds of the Zelenaya Roscha sanitorium, portrait

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Riviera Park, revolutionary mosaic of Vladimir Lenin

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Riviera Park, revolutionary mosaic of Vladimir Lenin

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Town History Museum, Soviet cosmonaut spacesuits

A man skis some deep powder in the Caucasus Mountains, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia

Georgia, Georgian Military Highway, Jvari Pass

Snowcapped mountains against clear blue sky, Dombay, Carachay-Chercessiya, Russia, Europe

Snowcapped mountains against clear blue sky, Dombay, Carachay-Chercessiya, Russia, Europe

Snowmobiling, Dombai mountains, Karachay, Cherkess Republic, Russia, Europe

Signagi St. George basilica at Sighnaghi town in wine region of Kakhetia, Georgia

Church built on in the rock in Vanis Kvabebi monastery near Vardzia, Aspindza, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia