Employee of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of ANAS, candidate of historical sciences Ruslan Rahimli’s book “South Caucasus factor in Azerbaijani-Russian relations” has been published. The monograph gives information about the ethno political situation in South Caucasus during 1991-1997, historical roots of the problems appeared in this region. It also researches character of Azerbaijani-Russian relations after Azerbaijan’s achievement of sovereignty, the main point of a new ethno political situation occurred after the USSR failed, reasons of problems appearing in South Caucasus in the context of Azerbaijani-Russian relations and new ethno political realities.