Black Sea Eurasia

Turkey

Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Blue Mosque, Istanbul (photo: theurgetowander.com)
Ruins of Troy (Photo: blueprintsandbackpacks.wordpress.com)
Ruins of Troy (Photo: blueprintsandbackpacks.wordpress.com)

1. Marmara Region

      • Istanbul (largest city)
      • Archaeological Site of Troy World Heritage Site – Troy Historical National Park
Göreme Historical National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
Göreme Historical National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey (Photo: nationalparksofturkey.com)

2. Central Anatolia Region

      • Ankara (national capital)
      • Göreme Historical National Park in Cappadocia
Pamukkale, Turkey
Pamukkale (Photo: lazerhorse.org)

3. Aegean Region

      • Pamukkale and Hierapolis
      • Ephesus
Turkish Riviera (Photo: italianrentalblog.wordpress.com)
Turkish Riviera (Photo: italianrentalblog.wordpress.com)

4. Mediterranean Region

      • Turkish Riviera/Turquoise Coast
Sumela Monastery (photo: businessturkeytoday.com)
Sumela Monastery (photo: businessturkeytoday.com)

5. Black Sea Region

      • Sumela Monastery
Ani ruined medieval Armenian city (photo: idsb.tmgrup.com.tr)
Ani ruined medieval Armenian city (photo: idsb.tmgrup.com.tr)

6. Eastern Anatolia Region

      • Ani ruined medieval Armenian city
      • Armenian Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross
Mount Nemrut
Mount Nemrut (photo: etc.worldhistory.org)

7. Southeastern Anatolia Region

      • Mount Nemrut

Ukraine

St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral, Kyiv (photo: arrivalshall.com)

1. Great Ukraine

Dnieper Ukraine-Podolia-Siveria-Zaporizhia (Northern Ukraine)

      • Kyiv (national capital)
      • Podilski Tovtry National Park
Rynok Square, Lviv
Rynok Square, Lviv (photo: thosedamamericans.com)

2. Galicia & Volhynia

Northwestern Ukraine

      • Lviv (Lwów/Lemberg)
Carpathian National Park
Carpathian National Park (photo: lvivecotour.com)

3. Zakarpattia & Bukovyna

Carpathian Ruthenia (West Central Ukraine)

      • Carpathian National Park
      • Užhorod
      • Chernivtsi
The National Opera and Ballet of Ukraine, Odessa (Photo: wikimedia.org)
The National Opera and Ballet of Ukraine, Odessa (Photo: wikimedia.org)

4. Southern Ukraine & Budzhak

Southern Ukraine

      • Odessa
      • Lower Dniester National Park
      • Tuzlovski Lagoons National Park
Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv
Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv (photo: ukrainetour.com)

5. Sloboda

Northeastern Ukraine

      • Kharkiv
      • Sumy
Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve (Photo: wikimedia.org)
Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve (Photo: wikimedia.org)

6. Donbass

Eastern Ukraine

      • Donetsk
      • Luhansk
      • Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve

(Note: Please see Russia for Crimea)


Gates of Minsk
Gates of Minsk (photo: education-belarus.com)

Belarus

Byelorussia/White Russia

      • Minsk (capital)

Georgia

Ancient Svan Towers in Ushguli Village
Ancient Svan Towers in Ushguli Village (photo: corinthiantravel.co.uk)

1. Georgia proper

      • Tbilisi (national capital)
      • Ancient Svan Towers in Ushguli Village
New Athos Monastery
New Athos Monastery (photo: northcaucasusland.com)

2. Abkhazia Autonomous Republic

      • Sokhumi
      • New Athos Monastery
Ksani (Mtkvari) Fortress
Ksani (Mtkvari) Fortress (photo: onestep4ward.com)

3. South Ossetia Autonomous Republic/State of Alania

      • Tskhinvali
      • Ksani (Mtkvari) Fortress
Batumi, Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (photo: welcome2georgia.home.blog)

4. Adjara Autonomous Republic

      • Batumi

Noravank Monastery
Noravank Monastery (photo: capreoliroundtheworld.com)

Armenia

      • Yerevan (capital)
      • Noravank Monastery

Azerbaijan

1. Azerbaijan proper

      • Baku (national capital)

2. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

      • Nakhchivan

3. Nagorno-Karabakh Region/Republic of Artsakh

      • Stepanakert