On History Of Idea Of Federal Union With Highlanders In 19th Century

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The author provides an insight into Russian foreign and domestic policy in the Caucasus in early 19th century. The author shows scaled-up activities of the leading European powers, striving at all costs to secure their predominance in the region. Persia and Turkey did not lag behind in this matter. It was during this period a decision was taken as to who the mountaineers would follow, whose policy would seem most acceptable to them. The author shows the actions the world powers recourse to with a view to curbing Russian influence in the region to prevent it from fulfilling strategic plans to cement its authority among the highlanders. They sought, in every possible way, to gain a foothold in the Caucasus by bribery, blackmail, and direct military clashes. Based on the sources, the author shows that the Russian government, despite its deep commitment to tough measures against the population of the North-Eastern Caucasus, successively was drifting towards the need for a peace agreement with the mountaineers. The Caucasus region was too significant in Russian foreign policy to recklessly and violently tick off its population, and thereby lose it. A radical revision of the Caucasian policy from suppression by force to peaceful consent is an act of displaying flexibility and a sound approach. This is an important merit of the Russian Emperor Paul I, whom Russian historiography is used to portraying as a monarch unbridled in his ambitions, deprived of the ability to speak reasonably and sensibly.

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29 November 2021

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978-1-80296-116-4

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European Publisher

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117

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1st Edition

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1-2730

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Cultural development, technological development, socio-political transformations, globalization

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Badaeva, L. A., Batsaeva, I. S., & Kunacheva, F. G. (2021). On History Of Idea Of Federal Union With Highlanders In 19th Century. In D. K. Bataev, S. A. Gapurov, A. D. Osmaev, V. K. Akaev, L. M. Idigova, M. R. Ovhadov, A. R. Salgiriev, & M. M. Betilmerzaeva (Eds.), Social and Cultural Transformations in The Context of Modern Globalism, vol 117. European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 1863-1869). European Publisher. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2021.11.245