List of Figures
Fig. 1.1 The Caucasus and JapanÊ 2
Fig. 1.2 The geography of the CaucasusÊ 4
Fig. 1.3 The Russian conquest of the CaucasusÊ 6
Fig. 2.1 Giichi Tanaka (National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan)Ê 16
Fig. 2.2 Motojiro Akashi (1), GARF. ̄ Ê 18
Fig. 2.3 Motojiro Akashi (2), National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan ̄ Ê 19
Fig. 2.4 Varlam Cherkezishvili (Varlaam Cherkezov), Personal Archive of M. Taktakichvili, Paris,
France.Ê 21
Fig. 2.5 Artshil Dzhordzhadze, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.Ê 22
Fig. 2.6 Giorgi Dekanozishvili (1), CHAN, Paris, box 345AP/2.Ê 23
Fig. 2.7 Giorgi Dekanozishvili (2), National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi,
Georgia.Ê 24
Fig. 2.8 Giorgi Dekanozishvili’s ID, CHAN, Paris, box 345AP/2.Ê 25
Fig. 2.9 La GéorgieÊ 26
Fig. 2.10SakartveloÊ 27
Fig. 2.11Geneva Conference, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.Ê 28
Fig. 2.12Dekanozishvili and Kiknadze, CHAN, Paris, box 345AP/2.Ê 30
Fig. 2.13Dekanozishvili and Family, CHAN, Paris, box 345AP/2.Ê 31
Fig. 2.14The Kereselidzes, N. Badual-Kereselidze Family Archive, Aix-en-Province, France.Ê 36
Fig. 2.15TheSirius, CHAN, Paris, box 345 AP/2.Ê 37
Fig. 2.16TheSiriuslog, CHAN, Paris, box 345 AP/2.Ê 42
Fig. 2.17TheSiriuscontainer, CHAN, Paris, box 345 AP/2.Ê 43
Fig. 3.1 Nestor Magalashvili, GSCHA (Tiflis Gendarme Archive).Ê 54
Fig. 3.2 Peter Surguladze, GSCHA (Tiflis Gendarme Archive).Ê 70
Fig. 3.3 Georgian students in Switzerland, 1909, N. Badual-Kereselidze Family Archive,
Aix-en-Province, France.Ê 71
Fig. 4.1 Mikheil (Mikhako) Tsereteli, N. Badual-Kereselidze Family Archive, Aix-en-Province,
France.Ê 76
Fig. 4.2 Georgian delegation in Germany, 1918, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi,
Georgia.Ê 83
Fig. 4.3 Noe Ramishvili and Noe Zhordania, 1918, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia,
Tbilisi, Georgia.Ê 84
Fig. 4.4 The delegation of the Union of the United Mountaineers in Istanbul, 1918, M. Bammat
Family Archive, Paris, France.Ê 85
Fig. 4.5 Constituent Assembly of Georgia, Tiflis, 1920, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia,
Tbilisi, Georgia.Ê 90
Fig. 4.6 Azerbaijan Cabinet, 1920, Archives d’Ali Mardan-bey Toptchibachi, Le Centre d’études des
mondes russe, caucasien et centre-européen, École des hautes études en sciences
sociales, Paris, France.Ê 95
Fig. 4.7 The Caucasus after the Treaty of KarsÊ 101