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Shamil
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
SHAMIL (1797 – 1871), the most famous...Asia. Born in Gimri, modern Dagestan, Shamil demonstrated an early skill with weapons...jihad against Russia under the leadership of Shamil's mentor, the first imam of Dagestan...
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Caucasian Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...resistance leader emerged in the person of Shamil, an Avar who headed a spiritual movement...with military and administrative savvy, Shamil forged an alliance of mountain tribes...the war. Although the true center of Shamil's strength lay in the mountains of eastern...
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Tsakhurs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Islamic Caucasian peoples under the leadership of Shamil. Many Tsakhurs joined Shamil's army. In 1852, to counteract this source...many of their settlements. In 1861, after the Shamil revolt was crushed, the Tsakhurs were allowed...
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Adyge
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...nationalities policies, soviet; nationalities policies, tsarist; shamil bibliography Baddeley, John F. (1908). The Russian Conquest...Gammer, Moshe. (1994). Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan. London: Frank...
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Chechen-Russian Conflict
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...control for several more decades. In the 1830s, Muslim leader Shamil prosecuted a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the Russians...its attention to the Chechen problem, however, it crushed Shamil's revolt. In 1917, the new Bolshevik government created...
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Politkovskaya, Anna
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Politkovskaya already had made some prominent enemies because of her journalistic exposés, but for this one she was taken into custody and accused of spying on behalf of Shamil Basayev, the Chechen warlord. For three days in Februa
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Dagestan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...the Islamic world. Sufism in this part of the world is not without its militant expression; one of the most famous leaders, Shamil, was an Avar of Dagestan. His power base was mainly in the Central Caucasus among the Chechens. Unlike many of their other...
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Kabardians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Advance towards the Muslim World. New York: St. Martin's Press. Gammer, Moshe. (1994). Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan. London: Frank Cass. Jaimoukha, Amjad. (2001). The Circassians: A Handbook...
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Milyutin, Dmitry Alexeyevich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...s Caucasian Corps, Milyutin directly influenced the successful outcome of the campaign against the rebellious mountaineer Shamil. After becoming War Minister in November 1861, Milyutin almost immediately submitted to Tsar Alexander II a report that outlined...
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Andis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...better-known participants in this fight for independence were the Andi naibs Gaziyav and Labezan; the latter fought alongside Shamil, the imam of Daghestan and Chechnia, at Gubinskoy fortress. After the civil war and the establishment of Soviet authority...
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