Shamil
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Shamil was a 19th-century Islamic leader and military commander from the North Caucasus who organized a decades-long armed resistance against Russian imperial expansion in his region. His rebellion became one of the most significant anti-colonial conflicts of the era and remains an important symbol in Caucasian history and identity.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1797-01-01
- Died
- 1871-01-01
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Rossii︠a︡ i Kitaĭ
- Istorii͡a Rossiĭskogo gosudarstva
- Istorii︠a︡ Sovetskogo gosudarstva
- Rossiĭskomu ėkonomicheskomu universitetu im. G.V. Plekhanova - krupneĭshemu vuzu strany - 110 let
- Krymskiĭ poluostrov--istoricheskai︠a︡ sostavli︠a︡i︠u︡shchai︠a︡ i neotʺemlemai︠a︡ chastʹ Rossiĭskogo gosudarstva
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Imam Shamil (26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Muslim sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Nicknamed the "Caucasian Eagle", he was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s; his rule was recognized in Dagestan and Chechnya, and indirectly through his representative Muhammad Amin, in Circassia. He is considered a hero by peoples of the Northern Caucasus.
Family and early life