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The area includes the Colchis Lowland , Kura Lowland, Talysh Mountains , Lenkoran Lowland, Caucasus Minor , and Javakheti-Armenian Uplands . ]] All of Armenia is in Transcaucasia; the majority of Georgia and Azerbaijan , including the exclave of Naxçivan , fall within this area. The countries of the region are producers of Oil , Manganese Ore , Tea , Citrus Fruits , and Wine . In Western languages, the terms ''Transcaucasus'' and ''Transcaucasia'' are translations of the Russian ''zakavkazje'' meaning "the area beyond the Caucasus Mountains", i.e., as seen from the Russian capital (analogous to the Roman terms Transalpine and Transpadania). The region was unified as a single political entity twice – during the Russian Civil War ( Trans-Caucasian Democratic Federative Republic ) from 9 April 1918 to 26 May 1918 , and under the Soviet rule ( Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic ) from 12 March 1922 to 5 December 1936 . The region remains one of the most complicated in the post- Soviet area, and comprises three heavily disputed areas – Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia , and Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan . SEE ALSO
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