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Battle Of Dadi-yurt
The Battle of Dadi-yurt the capture of the village of Dadi-yurt on 14 (26) September 1819 by order of Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, General Yermolov. During the storm by the Russian Empire, Russian forces, the village was completely destroyed. Background of the operation During the conquest of the Caucasus (see. Caucasian War), the Russian Empire met with fierce resistance from local residents, and the settlers were faced with the need to resist the raids of the natives. The specific reason that prompted the operation against Dadi-Yurt was a raid, during which the Chechens stole a herd of horses from one of the regiments of the Caucasian line. According to General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, A. P. Yermolov, Dadi-Yurt was chosen for a punitive expedition long ago due to the fact that the inhabitants of the village were the most daring and successful robbers among the Chechens. As John F. Baddeley, John Baddeley stated in 1908, «the inhabitants of the village mainly hunted by rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caucasian War
The Caucasian War (russian: Кавказская война; ''Kavkazskaya vojna'') or Caucasus War was a 19th century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It consisted of a series of military actions waged by the Russian Imperial Army and Cossack settlers against the native inhabitants such as the Adyghe, Abaza– Abkhaz, Ubykhs, Chechens, and Dagestanis as the Tsars sought to expand. Russian control of the Georgian Military Road in the center divided the Caucasian War into the Russo-Circassian War in the west and the conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan in the east. Other territories of the Caucasus (comprising contemporary eastern Georgia, southern Dagestan, Armenia and Azerbaijan) were incorporated into the Russian Empire at various times in the 19th century as a result of Russian wars with Persia. The remaining part, western Georgia, was taken by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
