Russian Empire in the Caucasus

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colonial domain historical region imperial frontier

The Russian Empire in the Caucasus was the imperial frontier region where Russia expanded its political, military, and cultural control over the diverse peoples and territories of the Caucasus during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Russian imperial administration of the Caucasus	1

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial domain ⓘ historical region ⓘ imperial frontier ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Tiflis NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Qajar Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Tiflis NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	Russification policies ⓘ administrative integration ⓘ colonization ⓘ ethnic diversity ⓘ military conquest ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ settler expansion ⓘ
endDate	1917 ⓘ
endedWith	Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
expansionBy	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Caucasus Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasus Viceroyalty NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroy of the Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ Baku Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Sea Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Chechnya NERFINISHED ⓘ Circassia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ciscaucasia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagestan NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisavetpol Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kars Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuban region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kutaisi Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Terek region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiflis Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Transcaucasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn	Caucasian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) NERFINISHED ⓘ Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty of Adrianople (1829) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Gulistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Turkmenchay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ
militaryFeature	Caucasus Line of forts NERFINISHED ⓘ Cossack stanitsas ⓘ
partOf	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationIncluded	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED ⓘ Chechens NERFINISHED ⓘ Circassians NERFINISHED ⓘ Cossacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Dagestani peoples ⓘ Georgians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingush NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossetians NERFINISHED ⓘ Russians NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionsPresent	Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	Circassian genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ large-scale migration to Ottoman Empire ⓘ mass displacement of local populations ⓘ
startDate	late 18th century ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to warm-water ports ⓘ buffer against Iran ⓘ buffer against Ottoman Empire ⓘ control of Black Sea coast ⓘ control of Caspian Sea coast ⓘ
succeededBy	Azerbaijan Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ First Republic of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	control of trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ projection of power into the Middle East ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → strengthenedInfluenceOf → Russian Empire in the Caucasus ⓘ

Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts → precededBy → Russian Empire in the Caucasus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian imperial administration of the Caucasus