A preliminary to decolonizing the historiography of Shaykh Mansur.

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Gammer, Moshe | Copyright information

The latest book on Ushurma, the 18th-century Chechen revolutionary more well-known as Imam or Shayk Mansur is a reappropriation of Chechen history from Soviet control. However, 'Imam Mansur (The National Liberation Movement in Chechnia and in the Northern Caucasus at the End of the Eighteenth Century)' to an extent still follows Soviet historiographical paradigm. This means that the interpretations of historical facts and figures are fluid, mutable and may metamorphose according to the prevai...

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