Port arrangements along the Caucasian coast's Black and Caspian seas
Journal: Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences
Year: 2025

In the 19th century, three main factors determined the Russian Empire’s conquest of the Caucasus: 1. Interest in the Caucasus as a system of trade routes, 2. Market – as a commercial area for the extraction of industrial items, agricultural products, and raw resources. 3. Geostrategic space – Russian Empire’s political and strategic position. These three factors were closely connected to the Empire’s broader ambitions to expand its influence toward Asia and India. To advance these imperial objec