The lone wolf and the bear : three centuries of Chechen defiance of Russian rule / Moshe Gammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gammer, M.

Series:

Series in Russian and East European studies

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia).

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History--Civil War, 1994-.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Chechni︠a︡ (Russia)--Relations--Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Relations--Chechni͡a.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xviii, 252 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.

Summary:

In The Lone Wolf and the Bear Moshe Gammer examines the age-old Russo-Chechen conflict, from early Russian southward expansion in the 16th century, through the war of conquest launched in the early 19th century, and the massacres that resulted, of which Leo Tolstoy wrote on the basis of his experiences there as an army officer, to the current war between post-Soviet Russia and Chechnya. The author offers a comprehensive exposition of modern Chechen history, its people and culture, and of how Russo/Soviet influence and modernization have shaped Chechen self-perception and fanned the passions of separatism. Situated at the heart of the most ethnically diverse region in the world - the Caucasus claims over seventy native groups - the Chechens continue through armed resistance to defy a world power and preserve their distinctive identity.

Through difficult research (Chechen documentation is scarce because many historic documents have been destroyed, some deliberately by the Soviet authorities) Gammer has assembled the stories of a fiercely independent people and their continuing struggle against domination and suppression.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The People and the Land 2

Chapter 2 The Russian Advent 8

Part II Russian Conquest

Chapter 3 The First Gazavat 17

Chapter 4 The Beginning of the Caucasian War 31

Chapter 5 The Great Gazavat 45

Chapter 6 The Victory of the Axe 60

Part III Under the Tsar

Chapter 7 From Quietism to Uprising 68

Chapter 8 The Lesser Gazavat 84

Chapter 9 The Emperor's Insubordinate Subjects 104

Part IV Between the Hammer and the Sickle

Chapter 10 The Last Gazavat 119

Chapter 11 Sovietisation 142

Chapter 12 From 'Political Banditism' to National Liberation 154

Chapter 13 Deportation and Return 166

Chapter 14 Rehabilitation 185

Part V Post-Soviet Disorder

Chapter 15 From Chechen Revolution to Jihad 200

Appendix 1 The Khasav Yurt Truce Agreement 221

Appendix 2 The Moscow Peace Treaty 224

Chechnya: Topographical xviii

Chechnya in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 30

The Chechen-Ingush ASSR before 1944 141

The Chechen-Ingush ASSR after 1958 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.

ISBN:

0822958988

OCLC:

62329896