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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">295</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Geopolitical Identification of the Caspian Region in Past and Present: Energy and Transportal Dimensions</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Geopolitical Identification of the Caspian Region in Past and Present: Energy and Transportal Dimensions</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Magomedov</surname><given-names>Arbakhan K.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Magomedov</surname><given-names>Arbakhan K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>armagomedov@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff678" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff678"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Ulyanovsk State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ulyanovsk State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2014</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>40</fpage><lpage>45</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2014/issue/1/article/295">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2014/issue/1/article/295</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(38)/40-45.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(38)/40-45.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>This article analyzes the changing geopolitical identification of the Caspian basin at the past and present. The main focus of his research the author makes on the specifics of the Caspian region. Caspian geography has made the energy and transit issues the key to interpreting the meaning of the rapid changes unfolding in the Caspian-Black Sea area.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article analyzes the changing geopolitical identification of the Caspian basin at the past and present. The main focus of his research the author makes on the specifics of the Caspian region. Caspian geography has made the energy and transit issues the key to interpreting the meaning of the rapid changes unfolding in the Caspian-Black Sea area.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Post-Soviet Caspian</kwd><kwd>Caspian energy resources</kwd><kwd>Transport corridors</kwd><kwd>Oil and Gas communications</kwd><kwd>постсоветский Каспий</kwd><kwd>каспийские энергоресурсы</kwd><kwd>транспортные коридоры</kwd><kwd>нефтегазовые коммуникации</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Post-Soviet Caspian</kwd><kwd>Caspian energy resources</kwd><kwd>Transport corridors</kwd><kwd>Oil and Gas communications</kwd><kwd>постсоветский Каспий</kwd><kwd>каспийские энергоресурсы</kwd><kwd>транспортные коридоры</kwd><kwd>нефтегазовые коммуникации</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>