While were at it with maps. Grozny in the middle of two parallel mountains and railways on either side of the mountain valley after a long stretch of flat Russian land. Hmmm.... <img src=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/chechnya_rel01.jpg> Maps shrink click on thingy at bottom to enlarge. Notice exxonmobil in the middle of the sea? <img src=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/caspian_sea_n_rel01.jpg> Southern Caspian Sea map. <img src=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/caspian_sea_s_rel01.jpg> Language and ethnic map of region. <img src=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ethnocaucasus.jpg>