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The North Caucasus barrier : the Russian advance towards the Muslim world

This work deals with the history of the Muslim North Caucasus, one of the most rebellious colonial dominions left to Russia. The writings cover a span of four centuries, from Ivan the Terrible's strategic alliance with Circassian noblemen to the crisis in Chechnya.
Print Book, English, 1996
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Hurst and Company, London, 1996
XVII, 252 p. : il., map ; 22 cm
9781850653059, 1850653054
911337319