Russian Empire in the Caucasus

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The Russian Empire in the Caucasus was the imperial frontier region where Russia expanded its political, military, and cultural control over the diverse peoples and territories of the Caucasus during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial domain ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
imperial frontier ⓘ
administrativeCenter Tiflis ⓘ
linked to: Tbilisi
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Persian Empires

Qajar Iran ⓘ
capital Tiflis ⓘ
linked to: Tbilisi
characterizedBy Russification policies ⓘ
administrative integration ⓘ
colonization ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
settler expansion ⓘ
endDate 1917 ⓘ
endedWith Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
expansionBy Russian Empire ⓘ
governedBy Caucasus Army ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
Viceroy of the Caucasus ⓘ
hasPart Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Baku Governorate ⓘ
Black Sea Governorate ⓘ
Chechnya ⓘ
Circassia ⓘ
Ciscaucasia ⓘ
linked to: North Caucasus

Dagestan ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Kars Oblast ⓘ
Kuban region ⓘ
linked to: Krasnodar Krai

Kutaisi Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Kutais Governorate

North Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
Terek region ⓘ
linked to: Terek Oblast

Tiflis Governorate ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus
involvedIn Caucasian War ⓘ
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) ⓘ
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Adrianople (1829) ⓘ
Treaty of Gulistan ⓘ
Treaty of Turkmenchay ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
militaryFeature Caucasus Line of forts ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus Line

Cossack stanitsas ⓘ
partOf Russian Empire ⓘ
populationIncluded Armenians ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Chechens ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
Cossacks ⓘ
Dagestani peoples ⓘ
Georgians ⓘ
Ingush ⓘ
Ossetians ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
religionsPresent Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn Circassian genocide ⓘ
large-scale migration to Ottoman Empire ⓘ
mass displacement of local populations ⓘ
startDate late 18th century ⓘ
strategicImportance access to warm-water ports ⓘ
buffer against Iran ⓘ
buffer against Ottoman Empire ⓘ
control of Black Sea coast ⓘ
control of Caspian Sea coast ⓘ
succeededBy Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Georgia ⓘ
First Republic of Armenia ⓘ
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedFor control of trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
projection of power into the Middle East ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Adrianople (1829) → strengthenedInfluenceOf → Russian Empire in the Caucasus ⓘ
Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts → precededBy → Russian imperial administration of the Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire in the Caucasus
Murid War → opponentPolicy → Russification of the Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire in the Caucasus
Nina Chavchavadze → historicalPeriod → Imperial Russian period in Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire in the Caucasus
Azerbaijani Turks → historicalEmpireContext → Russian Empire (Transcaucasia) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire in the Caucasus
Capture of Yerevan 1827 → partOf → Russian conquest of the South Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire in the Caucasus