Bitter choices : loyalty and betrayal in the Russian conquest of the North Caucasus /
Khodarkovsky, Michael,1955-
Ithaca : Cornell University Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-196) and index.
The frontiers of the North Caucasus -- Atarshchikov's childhood -- Journey through the northeast Caucasus -- Inside Ermolov's "iron fist" -- St. Petersburg and Poland -- Return to the North Caucasus -- Interpreter and administrator -- Russian policies and alternatives -- The first desertion -- From Semën Atarshchikov to Hajret Muhammed.
Atarshchikov, Semën, 1807-1845.
Cossacks