Start of the Caucasian War

Name: Start of the Caucasian War
Start: 1817
End: 1864
Location: Fort Groznaya (now Grozny)

1817–1864 · Fort Groznaya (now Grozny) · Eastern Europe & Russia · War

Yermolov begins a 50-year conquest of the North Caucasus

Start of the Caucasian War — Wikimedia Commons

From 1817 troops under General Aleksey Yermolov began the systematic conquest of Chechnya, Dagestan and Circassia, building forts (Groznaya in 1818), clearing forests and burning rebellious villages. The highlanders resisted for almost 50 years; the war ended in 1864 with the expulsion of most Circassians.

State: Russian Empire

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