Benedict Coleridge

Benedict Coleridge is a graduate student in the Department of Politics and International Relations, the University of Oxford. Follow him on Twitter @Ben_Coleridge

Sochi, the Caucasus and Russian Romanticism

Since the 19th century the Caucasus has been Russian’s ‘window on the East,’ its access to another, often very romanticised world. The Sochi Winter Olympics took place in the Caucasus, but they presented a less complex image.

By Benedict Coleridge

/ 8 Apr 2014