...Through the Caucasus to the Volga

a-ul Aragva Armenian arms army Astrakhan Avaria Avars Baku boat brought Bulgar carried Caspialosa Caspian Sea cattle Caucasian Caucasus caught caviare centimetres century Chechens Chechnia Daghestan dead Derbent drove east especially farther fight fish fisheries flat land forest fresh Georgian Ghimri Hadji Murad Hamzad heavy holy horses important Itil journey July Kabardians Kasbek Kasi-Mullah Khan Khazars Khevsurs Khotchbar Khunsakh kilogrammes kilometres kinds Koisu Korkmazov Kumyks Lesghis live looked Makhach Kalá metres mighty Mohammedans mountain tribes Murids once Ossetes ossetrina Persians Petrovsk plain quantities Quisling reached Republic right bank river road round Russian salt Samursky sevryuga shamkhal Shamyl ship side slopes Soviet spawn square kilometres Stalingrad Tsaritsin steep stone stream stretches sturgeon TARKI Tarku Tatars Terek Tiflis tons town Turks usually valley villages Vladikavkaz Vobla Volga delta wall whole women yearly catch yield