Wars
Caucasian War
Conquest · grave consequences
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- 1817–1864
A prolonged series of Russian imperial campaigns against the mountain communities of the North Caucasus. It ended with the establishment of Russian control, accompanied by mass casualties, expulsions and the emigration of a substantial part of the local population. There was no single final peace treaty.
- Period
- 1817–1864
- Belligerents
- The Russian Empire — the North Caucasian Imamate and various communities of the North-West Caucasus
- Outcome
- Establishment of Russian control over the North Caucasus
- Settlement
- Shamil's surrender in 1859; the main campaigns in the Western Caucasus ended in 1864