Introduction1. Caucasus between Empires 1801-19182. Abkhazia 1917-19313. South Ossetia 1918-19224. Nagorno-Karabakh 1918-19215. Towards Karabakh autonomy 1921-19256. Arbitrary Borders? The Bolsheviks Drawing Boundaries in the South Caucasus7. From Autonomy to Conflict 1921 - 1991ConclusionBibliographyIndex