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Caucasian War
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Caucasian War
The
Caucasian War
of 1817–1864 was an invasion of the
Caucasus
by the
Russian Empire
which resulted in Russia's
annexation
of the areas of the North Caucasus, and the
Ethnic cleansing of Circassians
. It consisted of a series of
military actions
waged by Russia against territories and tribal groups in
Caucasia
including:
Chechnya
,
Dagestan
, the
Circassians
(
Adyghe
,
Kabarday
),
Abkhaz
,
Abazins
, and
Ubykh
, as Russia sought to expand southward. In Dagestan, resistance to the Russians has been described as
jihad
.
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