Marjanli Musa. Armenians. Russia. The Caucasus. Dubai, Khazar University Press, 2011.

The present book by M. Marjanli dwells upon the relationships Armenians have had with autochthonous peoples and Russia in the South Caucasus after being resettled to this region, and the attempts by Armenian migrants to Armenianize territories and ethnicities. The existence of a total of 26 “Armenias” confirms the planned nature of the Armenians’ eastward advance: from their ancestral homeland in the Balkans, i.e. Europe, to Asia Minor and further southwards. Therefore, Armenian scholars never talk of the history of Armenia proper, but of the Armenian people. The book is meant for historians and experts in international relations, as well as a broad readership.