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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 832 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DARIAL , a See also:

gorge in the See also:Caucasus, at the See also:east See also:foot of Mt. See also:Kasbek, pierced by the See also:river See also:Terek for a distance of 8 m. between See also:vertical walls of See also:rock (5900 ft.). It is mentioned in the Georgian See also:annals under the names of Ralani, Dargani, Darialani; the Persians and See also:Arabs knew it as the See also:Gate of the Alans; See also:Strabo calls it Porta Caucasica and Porta See also:Cumana; See also:Ptolemy, Feria Sarmatica; it was sometimes known as Portae Caspiae (a name bestowed also on the " gate " or pass beside the See also:Caspian at See also:Derbent); and the See also:Tatars See also:call it Darioly. Being the only avail-able passage across the Caucasus, it has been fortified since a remote period—at least since 150 B.C. In See also:Russian See also:poetry it has been immortalized by See also:Lermontov. The See also:present Russian fort, Darial, which See also:guards this See also:section of the Georgian military road, is at the See also:northern issue of the gorge, at an See also:altitude of 4746 ft.

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