Title: Muslim resistance to the tsar
Description: Much has been written over the years about the Muslim 'Murid movement and its leader Shamil, who resisted the Tsarist Russian expansion into Chechan and Daghestan for more than a quarter of a century. This new study, based on painstaking research in multilingual archives, offers a fresh insight into a subject that generates constant controversy in Russian historiography and has often been misinterpreted by Western scholars.
Subjects: Muslims, Political activity, Shamil, imam, 1798?-1871, Muslims, europe, HISTORY, Eastern, Former Soviet Republics, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Muridismus, Kolonialisme, Verzet, Islam
Places: Northern Caucasus, Russia (Federation)
People: Imām Shāmil (1798-1871)