num_pages: 476
description: Much has been written about the Muslim Murid movement and its leader Shamil, who resisted the Tsarist Russian expansion into Chechan and Daghestan for more than quarter of a century. This study, based on research in multilingual archives, offers a fresh insight into this controversial subject.
language: English
title: Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan
titlecomplete: Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan
genres: History, Russia
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Routledge