You will learn:
– Why did the North Caucasus wake up in 1917?
– what did the highlanders demand and why did two currents arise in their movement: for a republic and for an Islamic state?
– what was the reason for the conflict between the peoples of the Caucasus and the Russian Cossacks, and why did attempts to reach an agreement fail?
– How did the Bolsheviks strengthen their influence in the Caucasus with the help of the “divide and rule” policy?
– what accelerated the proclamation of the Mountain Republic and what territories did this state claim?
– Why did the defeat of Germany and Turkey in the First World War completely change the alignment in the region?
– How did the highlanders try to persuade the American president to recognize their republic, and why did England and France oppose this?
– what did the White Guards do in the Caucasus and why were they equally hated by both red and mountain patriots?
– how did the partisan movement of the highlanders thwart Denikin’s offensive against Moscow?
– Was the Soviet power in the Caucasus strong after the defeat of the Whites, and who became the leader of the resistance?
– How did the Reds move from the policy of coaxing the mountain peoples to their genocide?
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