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The Northwest Caucasus

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The Northwest Caucasus

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The Northwest Caucasus book

Past, present, future

The Northwest Caucasus

DOI link for The Northwest Caucasus

The Northwest Caucasus book

Past, present, future
ByWalter Richmond
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2008
eBook Published 11 June 2008
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203894361
Pages 256
eBook ISBN 9780203894361
Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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Richmond, W. (2008). The Northwest Caucasus: Past, present, future (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203894361

ABSTRACT

This is the first book to present a comprehensive history of the Northwest Caucasus. Based on extensive research, it describes the peoples of the Northwest Caucasus, which have a significantly different ethnic makeup and history than the Northeast (Chechnya and Daghestan). The book examines their struggles for survival against repeated invasions and their ultimate defeat at the hands of the Russians. It explores interethnic relations and demographic changes that have occurred in the region over time with a particular focus on the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries, incorporating recently published archival materials concerning the deportation of the Abazas, Circassians and Ubykhs to the Ottoman Empire by the Russians, which is treated as the first act of ethnic cleansing in modern history. The book also closely examines the struggles the Northwest Caucasus peoples continue to undergo in the post-Soviet era, facing pressures from organized crime, religious extremism, and a federal government that is unresponsive to their needs. It emphasizes the strategic importance of the region, lying on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea directly on the border between the "Christian" and "Muslim" worlds. Overall, it will be of interest to scholars of Russian history and politics, Caucasus and Central Asian Studies, genocide studies, international relations and conflict studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

Origins

chapter 2|16 pages

Culture

chapter 3|15 pages

Struggles for independence, 1300–1760

chapter 4|30 pages

The Caucasus War

chapter 5|23 pages

Incorporation into Imperial Russia

chapter 6|26 pages

The Soviet period

chapter 7|21 pages

The rise of nationalism

chapter 8|21 pages

The Northwest Caucasus in the twenty-first century

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