Max von Thielmann about the Caucasus

The German diplomat and traveller Max von Thielmann visited the Caucasus in 1872. We translated one part from his work „Journey in the Caucasus, Persia and Turkey in Asia” (Leipzig, 1875) where he gives a common characterization of Caucasus. The author describes the population and divides it into two main parts _ mountainous and of lowland, citizens and country people, their social rank. Thielmann recites administrative unity with numbers of their population and largeness of occupied area. He describes the lines of communication, railway line of local importance, main highways and brunch lines, navigation and mountain chain of Caucasus.