<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>The New York Times has a long article about the turmoil<br></div>in the Caucasus region, along with some interesting maps<br>of the region. I won't forward the article--it's too long, and the<br>
</div>images will probably be rejected by the server, but if you go to<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/an-olympics-in-the-shadow-of-a-war-zone.html?hp&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/an-olympics-in-the-shadow-of-a-war-zone.html?hp&_r=0</a> <br>
you can see the maps and download them directly.<br><br>I spent a month in the Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR in the summer of<br></div>1963, followed by a short sojourn in Georgia, so when I returned home<br>I declared my intention to do my dissertation on one of the languages<br>
of the area, perhaps Kabardian. My advisors dissuaded me, since I <br>probably wouldn't have gotten permission to work in the area. But<br>the interest is still there...<br><br></div>HS<br clear="all"><div><div><div>
<div><div><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br>
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