page_title: Murid War
section_title: The end (1857–1859)
hierarchical_section_title: Murid War / Imam Shamil 1834–1859 / The end (1857–1859)
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Позиционная карта Чеченской РеспубликиРавноугольная проекция, растяжение - 140%. Координаты краёв: север - 44.1° С юг - 42.4° С запад - 44.8° В восток - 46.7° В
context_page_description: The Murid War was the eastern component of the Caucasian War of 1817–1864. In the Murid War, the Russian Empire conquered the independent peoples of the eastern Ciscaucasus.
  When the Russians annexed Georgia in 1801 they had to control the Georgian Military Road in the central Caucasus – the only practical north-south route across the mountains. Russian control of the road meant the division of the fighting in the Caucasian War into two theatres. West of the road, in the Russo-Circassian War, the tribes did not unite and the war became very complex. In the east the tribes joined in the Caucasian Imamate, a military-theocratic state which held out for thirty years. This state, established by Ghazi Muhammad in 1829–1832, came under the rule of Imam Shamil from 1834 until his surrender in 1859.
context_section_description: With the end of the Crimean War (March 1856) Russia was free to turn its full attention to the Caucasus.  On 22 July 1856 Prince Baryatinsky was appointed both Viceroy and commander-in-chief and set about reorganizing the armies. The general plan for the future was for the northern army to move southeast through Chechnya and link up with the Dagestan army in the Andi Koysu valley while the southern army moved northward.  In 1857 Orbelyani moved west and by November had a fort at Burtunai (25 km NW) in the eastern edge of the Chechen forest with access by cleared roads and another road north to Dylym.  Late in the year he destroyed much of the surrounding area as a diversion for Yevdokimov's campaign (below).
caption: 1858:Chechnya bisected
   Blue dots are on the Argun River.
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