<p><span>Russiaβs attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky tells a concise and compelling history of the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas during the centuries of R
Bitter choices : loyalty and betrayal in the Russian conquest of the North Caucasus
β Scribed by Khodarkovsky, Michael, 1955-
- Publisher
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xii, 200 p. : 24 cm
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