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An Examination of Russian Imperialism: Russian Military and Intellectual Descriptions of the Caucasians during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Keziban Acar
Keziban Acar*
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Department of History, Celar Bayar University, Turkey
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In nineteenth-century Russia, the Caucasus was a large region composed of various territories and ethnic and religious groups. This region included Circassia, Mingrelia, Georgia, a part of Armenia, the ancient Media, Daghestan and the territories of Suanctians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Karakalpaks and other mountaineer nations. During the nineteenth century, Persia, Russia and the Ottoman Empire wanted to establish their influence and power on the Caucasus. Due to this conflict, these powers, especially Russia with Persia and Russia with the Ottoman Empire, fought with each other.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 7 - 21
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Copyright © 2004 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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