ERZURUM AS ONE OF THE OUTPOSTS OF THE EASTERN POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (70S OF THE 19TH CENTURY)

Abstract

In the 19th century, the Russian Empire actively conducted the conquest of the Caucasus. The North Caucasus people fighting in a long, unequal battle provided worthy competition to the Russian Empire. After the capture of Imam Shamil (1859) was completed, the consolidation of Chechens and the Muridism. The full conquest of the North Caucasus followed the migration of Chechens into the Ottoman Empire and their settlement in Erzurum, Erzincan, and Diyarbakir (1864).
Based on the documents found and treated in the National Archives of Georgia, it is presented why the mountaineers were settled in this particular location-Erzurum, how the determination of the Russian Empire reflected on the migration,
and on the political events developed during the Russo-Turkish war in 1877-1878.