Chechnya and the North Caucasus: From the Black Sea to the Caspian Shores: Architectural Guide

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This is the first ever English-language architectural guide to this region that remains terra incognita for many even in our globalized times. Architecturally the North Caucasus is home to a mix of traditional and Soviet-era buildings and contemporary glass and steel buildings reminiscent of Dubai. The book covers seven autonomous republics (Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia-Alania) and two Russian territories (Stavropol Krai and the southern foothills of Krasnodar Krai, and Sochi).

Author Bio

Gianluca Pardelli is a photojournalist, travel author, tour operator, and architecture buff. He was born and raised in a sunny seaside town in Tuscany. After long years in the sweet languor of seemingly endless Italian summers, Gianluca moved north to study Slavic languages in Berlin and photojournalism in London. Over the course of the last decade, he has been travelling around and photographing four continents and more than 80 countries. During his journeys, Gianluca fell hopelessly in love with the complex geopolitical and cultural heritage of a vanished land that was once the Soviet Union.