Bitter Choices : : Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus /

Bitter Choices : : Loyalty and Betrayal in the Russian Conquest of the North Caucasus / / Michael Khodarkovsky.

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Russia's attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky's book tells the story of a single man with multiple allegiances and provides a concise and compelling history of the mounta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Khodarkovsky, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2014
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 14 halftones, 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Frontiers of the North Caucasus
  • 2. Atarshchikov's Childhood
  • 3. Journey through the Northeast Caucasus
  • 4. Inside Ermolov's "Iron Fist"
  • 5. St. Petersburg and Poland
  • 6. Return to the North Caucasus
  • 7. Interpreter and Administrator
  • 8. Russian Policies and Alternatives
  • 9. The First Desertion
  • 10. From Semën Atarshchikov to Hajret Muhammed
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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