This PowerPoint presents the Caucasus in the 19th century and serves as an introduction to Lermontov's Hero of Our Time and Russian artists attracted by the Caucasus.

1. Mikhail Lermontov Pyotr Zabolotsky, 1837

2. Lermontov as a Child Unknown Painter, c. 1820

3. Self-Portrait Mikhail Lermontov, 1837

4. Lord Byron Marie Vigée-Lebrun, c. 1803

5. Lord Byron Thomas Philips, 1824

6. Lord Byron in Albanian Dress Thomas Philips, 1835

12. Shamyl, Circassian Warrior (1797-1871)

13. Circassians, 1840

14. Circassian Man Francis Millet, 19th Century

15. Circassian Woman Francis Millet, 19th Century

16. The Fountain of Bakhchisarai Karl Briullov, 1849

17. Circassian Woman in the Harem Felix Clément, 1860s

18. Veiled Circassian Beauty Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1876

19. Circassian Woman Frederick Bridgman, 1881

20. Tamara Dancing Mikhail Vrubel, 1891

21. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Maurice Quentin de la Tour, 1753

22. The Caucasus Ivan Aivazovsky, 1868

23. Daghestan Ivan Aivazovsky, 1869

24. In the Caucasus Mountains Lev Lagorio, 1870

25. Mountaineers Leaving the Aul as Russian Troops Arrive Pyotr Gruzinsky, 1872

26. Darial Canyon (Georgia) Arkhip Kuindji, 1885

27. Caucasian Rider Mikhail Vrubel, 1891

28. Pechorin on a Sofa Mikhail Vrubel, 1891

29. Horsemen of the Caucasus Franz Roubaud, 1894

30. Scene from the Caucasus Franz Roubaud, 1890s

31. Caucasian Range from the Sea Ivan Aivazovsky, 1894

32. Mt. Kazbek, Georgia Vasily Vereshchagin, 1898

33. Mt. Elbrus in the Evening (Georgia) Arkhip Kuindji, 1908

34. Glaciers of the Caucasus Igor Panov, 1999

35. The Caucasus Alexei Popov, 2004

36. Ravine in the Caucasus Alexei Popov, 2004

37. Evening in the Caucasus Alexei Popov, 2004

38. Mount Ushba, Georgia

39. Shatili, Georgian Village, 2007

40. Church of the Holy Trinity, Georgia

41. Church of the Holy Trinity

42. Georgian Military Road Near Mt. Kuzbek, 1890s

43. Georgian Fighters

44. Georgian Fighters

45. Azerbaijani Girl, 1897

46. Abkhazians, 1864

47. Circassian Woman, 1909

48. Ossetian Girl, 1883

49. Ossetian Women at Work, 19th Century

50. Tindi, Daghestan, 1890s

51. Chechnya, Early 20th Century

52. Lake Kazenoi, Chechnya

53. Russian Fortress in the Caucasus, 1890s

62. Works of Art by Lermontov

63. Caucasus, Landscape with a Lake , 1825

64. Prisoner of the Caucasus , 1828

65. Seascape with Sailing Boat , 1831

66. Troika on a Village Street , 1834

67. Troika Leaving the Village , 1834

68. Horse , 1830s

69. Circassian with Horse , 1834

70. Mountaineer with a Banner , 1836

71. Taman , 1837

72. View of Pyatigorsk (Northern Caucasus), 1837

73. View of Mt. Beshtau , 1837

74. The Mountain of the Cross Near Kobi , 1837

75. Caucasian View with Camels , 1837

76. Tiflis , 1837

77. Darial Canyon, 1837

78. Darial Canyon with the Castle of Princess Tamara , 1837

79. Ruins on the Banks of the Aragva , 1837

80. Sunrise on Mt. Elbrus , 1837

81. Circassian Man , 1838

82. The Attack , 1838

83. Memory of the Caucasus , 1838

84. Battle of Valerik , 1840

85. Scene from the Caucasian War , 1840

86. Mountain Settlement , 1841

87. A Skirmish in the Mountains of Daghestan , c. 1841

88. Georgian Military Road Near Mt. Shets with a Saklia , c. 1841

91. Photographs by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, 1909-12

92. Self-Portrait in the Caucasus

93. Tblisi, Georgia

94. Artvin, Georgia (Now Turkey)

95. Artvin

96. Georgian Woman

97. Daghestani Couple

98. Daghestani Women

99. Armenian Woman

100. Kirghiz Nomads