1817–1864 invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire
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Caucasian War
Part of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus
Franz Roubaud's A Scene from the Caucasian War
Date
1817 – 21 May 1864
Location
North Caucasus
Result
Russian victory
Surrender of Imam Shamil
Russian annexation of the North Caucasus
Circassian genocide
Territorial changes
North Caucasus annexed by Russia
Belligerents
Russia
Kuban Cossacks
Shamkhalate of Tarki
Principality of Guria (until 1829)
Principality of Svaneti (until 1859)
Principality of Mingrelia
Circassian Confederation
Circassian tribal regions:
Abdzakh Republic
Besleney Principality
Bzhedugh Principality
Hatuqwai Principality
Grand Principality of Kabardia
Mamkhegh Principality
Natukhaj Republic
Shapsug Principality
Chemguy Principality
Ubykh Principality
Yegeruqwai Principality
Zhaney Principality ...and others
Principality of Abkhazia[1][2][3]
Azadzwa
Abaza
Caucasian Imamate
Avars
Chechens
Lezgins
Ingush[a]
Dargins
Kumyks
Karachays
Balkars
Tabasarans
Laks
Ossetians
Polish volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Tsar Alexander I Tsar Nicholas I Tsar Alexander II Michael Nikolaevich Grigory Zass Ivan Paskevich Aleksey Yermolov Mikhail Vorontsov Dmitry Milyutin Aleksandr Baryatinsky Ivan Andronnikov Grigory Rosen Yevgeny Golovin Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky Nikolay Yevdokimov Robert Segercrantz [ru]
Ghazi Mullah † Hamzat Bek Shamil of Gimry Tashaw-Hadji Shuaib-Mulla of Tsentara Hadji Murad Isa of Ghendargen Baysangur of Beno Talkhig Shelar Eska of Noiber Umalat-bek of Boynak Irazi-bek of Kazanysh Idris of Endirey Beibulat Taimiev
Kizbech Tughuzoqo Qerandiqo Berzeg Seferbiy Zanuqo Muhammad Amin Asiyalo Jembulat Boletoqo Keysin Keytiqo Aslan-Bey Chacba Esho Marchand James Stanislaus Bell Teofil Lapinski
Civilian dead: 700,000 [9][10] Total dead: High Total dead: High Total dead: High
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Caucasian War Russo-Circassian War Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan
Battle of Khankala (1807)
Battle of Dadi-yurt (1819)
Battle of Khunzakh (1830)
Assault on Germenchuk (1832)
Battle of Gimry (1832)
Battle of Argvani (1839)
Siege of Akhoulgo (1839)
Siege of Lazarevsky (1840)
Battle of the Valerik River (1840)
Battle of Ichkeria (1842)
Battle of Dargo (1845)
Battle of Gordali (1852)
Nazran uprising (1858)
Battle of Ghunib (1859)
Battle of Qbaada (1864)
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Chechen–Russian conflict
Tsardom of Russia
Murat Kuchukov Movement
Russian Empire
Insurgency in Chechnya (1722)
Insurgency in Chechnya (1732)
Sheikh Mansur Movement
Caucasian War
Murid War
Soviet Union
1940–1944 insurgency
Operation Lentil
Anti-Chechen pogrom in Kazakhstan
Chechen–Slav ethnic clashes
Grozny riots
Russian Federation
First Chechen War
War in Dagestan
Second Chechen War
War in Ingushetia
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
The Caucasian War (Russian: Кавказская война, romanized: Kavkazskaya voyna) or Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It consisted of a series of military actions waged by the Russian Imperial Army and Cossack settlers against the native inhabitants such as the Adyghe, Abaza-Abkhazians,[11] Ubykhs, Chechens, and Dagestanis as the Tsars sought to expand.[12]
Russian control of the Georgian Military Road in the center divided the Caucasian War into the Russo-Circassian War in the west and the conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan in the east. Other territories of the Caucasus (comprising contemporary eastern Georgia, southern Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan) were incorporated into the Russian Empire at various times in the 19th century as a result of Russian wars with Persia.[13] The remaining part, western Georgia, was taken by the Russians from the Ottomans during the same period.
^ ab"Станислав Лакоба. Двуглавый орел и традиционная Абхазия". apsnyteka.org (in Russian). 1953-11-23.
^Георгий Анчабадзе. "Кавказская война. 1810-1864". apsnyteka.org. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"Станислав Лакоба. XIX-XXI вв. Глава II. Абхазия и Российская империя. Асланбей: мифы и факты". apsnyteka.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^Кроме того, командующему Отдельного Кавказского корпуса было подчинено Черноморское казачье войско — 40 тыс. чел.
^На Западном Кавказе
^Георгий Анчабадзе. "Кавказская война. 1810-1864". apsnyteka.org. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^"Станислав Лакоба. XIX-XXI вв. Глава II. Абхазия и Российская империя. Асланбей: мифы и факты". apsnyteka.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ abÀ la conquête du Caucase: epopée géopolitique et guerres d'influence
^"Victimario Histórico Militar".
^Richmond, Walter. The Circassian Genocide. ISBN 9780813560694.
^King, Charles (2008). The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus. New York City, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517775-6.
^Dowling, Timothy C., ed. (2014). Russia at War. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 728–730. In 1801, Russia annexed the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli–Kakheti.
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