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SHAMYL (c. 1797-1871)
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See also:SHAMYL (c. 1797-1871) , the See also:leader of the tribes of the See also:Caucasus in the See also:war against See also:Russia. He was See also:born about 1797 and, educated by the See also:Mullah Djemaleddin, soon took a leading See also:part in See also:preaching a See also:holy war against the Russians. He was both the spiritual and military leader of the tribes, who maintained the struggle for twenty-five years (1834-1859). This perpetual See also:guerrilla was a severe See also:strain upon the resources of the See also:great See also:power, and Shamyl's romantic fight for See also:independence, making him a sort of ally of See also:England and See also:France at the See also:time of the See also:Crimean War (1853-55), earned him a See also:European reputation. But the capacity of the tribes for resistance was already failing, and when at the See also:close of the Crimean War Russia was able to employ large forces on the Caucasus, the defenders were gradually subdued, Shamyl himself being captured in 1859. The restof his See also:life was spent in an easy captivity at See also:Kaluga, St See also:Petersburg and See also:Kiev. He died at See also:Mecca during a See also:pilgrimage in 1871. One of his sons took service in the See also:Russian, the other in the See also:Turkish See also:army. End of Article: SHAMYL (c. 1797-1871)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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