Caucasian War

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imperial conquest military conflict war

The Caucasian War was a prolonged 19th-century military conflict in which the Russian Empire fought to conquer and pacify the peoples of the North Caucasus, notably including resistance led by figures such as Imam Shamil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial conquest ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
surface form: Russian conquest of the Caucasus

Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
cause expansion of the Russian Empire ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
countryInvolved Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfSurrenderOfImamShamil 1859 ⓘ
endCause Russian military victory ⓘ
defeat of organized highlander resistance ⓘ
endEvent formal declaration of the end of the war in 1864 ⓘ
endTime 1864 ⓘ
hasCommander Aleksey Yermolov ⓘ
Alexander Baryatinsky ⓘ
Imam Shamil ⓘ
Mikhail Vorontsov ⓘ
Nikolay Yevdokimov ⓘ
hasEffect Circassian genocide ⓘ
Islamization of resistance movements ⓘ
demographic changes in the North Caucasus ⓘ
incorporation of the North Caucasus into the Russian Empire ⓘ
mass displacement of Circassians ⓘ
hasParticipant Abkhazians ⓘ
surface form: Abkhaz peoples

Adyghe ⓘ
surface form: Adyghe peoples

Imamate of the Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasian Imamate

Chechens ⓘ
surface form: Chechen peoples

Circassians ⓘ
surface form: Circassian peoples

Dagestani peoples ⓘ
Imamate of the Caucasus ⓘ
Karachay-Balkar ⓘ
surface form: Karachay-Balkar peoples

Kumyk ⓘ
surface form: Kumyks

Nogais ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
mainTheaterOfWar Eastern Caucasus ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Western Caucasus
opponentOf Imamate of the Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasian Imamate

Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
surface form: Chechen resistance

Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
surface form: Circassian resistance

Imam Shamil ⓘ
partOf Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ
surface form: Russian conquest of the Caucasus
significantEvent Russo-Circassian War phase ⓘ
final Russian offensive in Western Caucasus ⓘ
surrender of Imam Shamil ⓘ
startTime 1817 ⓘ
usedTactic fortified lines ⓘ
mountain guerrilla warfare ⓘ
scorched earth policy ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadji Murad → depicts → Caucasian War ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasHistoricalEvent → Caucasian War ⓘ
Chechens → historicalEvent → Caucasian War ⓘ
Hadji Murad → setting → Caucasian War ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty → significantEvent → Caucasian War ⓘ