War And Revolution In The Caucasus

Author : Stephen F. Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317987635

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War and Revolution in the Caucasus by Stephen F. Jones Pdf

The South Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires. This region, on the edge of Europe, is associated in Western minds with ethnic conflict and geopolitical struggles in August 2008. Yet, another war broke out in this distant European periphery as Russia and Georgia clashed over the secessionist territory of South Ossetia. The war had global ramifications culminating in deepening tensions between Russia on the one hand, and Europe and the USA on the other. Speculation on the causes and consequences of the war focused on Great Power rivalries and a new Great Game, on oil pipeline routes, and Russian imperial aspirations. This book takes a different tack which focuses on the domestic roots of the August 2008 war. Collectively the authors in this volume present a new multidimensional context for the war. They analyse historical relations between national minorities in the region, look at the link between democratic development, state-building, and war, and explore the role of leadership and public opinion. Digging beneath often simplistic geopolitical explanations, the authors give the national minorities and Georgians themselves, the voice that is often forgotten by Western analysts. This book was based on a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

Author : Morgan Philips Price
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351802055

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War & Revolution in Asiatic Russia by Morgan Philips Price Pdf

Part diary, part journalistic dispatches this volume, originally published in 1918 is a short history of the Caucasus campaign and connects the events that were taking place in the Middle East with the past history of Central Asia. Witnessing the effects of the Russian Revolution on the Asiatic provinces, the author reveals the real state of Asiatic Russia, in the months preceding the Russian Revolution and shows how the Russian reaction was in part responsible for the disastrous state of affairs in Armenia and was contributing with the Turkish Government to bring that country to the verge of ruin.

Author : Nik Cornish
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783038763

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The Russian Revolution by Nik Cornish Pdf

Often the drama of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power overshadow the disastrous Russian-German war that preceded it and the extended, confusing, many-sided civil war between the Reds and the Whites that followed. But Nik Cornishs vivid photographic history gives equal coverage to each of these momentous events and shows how the Russian empire of the Romanovs was transformed into the Soviet dictatorship. Contemporary photographs show the leading characters in the drama Tsar Nicholas II, Kerensky, Lenin and Trotsky and other Bosheviks, and the White commanders Denikin, Kolchak, Wrangel and the rest. But they also record, in an unforgettable way, the ordinary people who were caught up in the surge of events civilian crowds on the city streets, peasant groups in the villages, the faces of common soldiers on all sides who fought on multiple fronts across Russia from Poland, the Baltic states and the White Sea to the Black Sea and Siberia. The scale of the conflict was remarkable, as was the intensity of the experience of those who took part and witnessed it, and this collection of historic photographs gives a poignant insight into the conditions of their time. It is a fascinating introduction to a period that saw a sea change in Russian history.

Author : Dr. Robert F. Baumann
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782899655

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Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition] by Dr. Robert F. Baumann Pdf

[Includes 12 maps and 4 tables] In recent years, the U.S. Army has paid increasing attention to the conduct of unconventional warfare. However, the base of historical experience available for study has been largely American and overwhelmingly Western. In Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan, Dr. Robert F. Baumann makes a significant contribution to the expansion of that base with a well-researched analysis of four important episodes from the Russian-Soviet experience with unconventional wars. Primarily employing Russian sources, including important archival documents only recently declassified and made available to Western scholars, Dr. Baumann provides an insightful look at the Russian conquest of the Caucasian mountaineers (1801-59), the subjugation of Central Asia (1839-81), the reconquest of Central Asia by the Red Army (1918-33), and the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89). The history of these wars—especially as it relates to the battle tactics, force structure, and strategy employed in them—offers important new perspectives on elements of continuity and change in combat over two centuries. This is the first study to provide an in-depth examination of the evolution of the Russian and Soviet unconventional experience on the predominantly Muslim southern periphery of the former empire. There, the Russians encountered fierce resistance by peoples whose cultures and views of war differed sharply from their own. Consequently, this Leavenworth Paper addresses not only issues germane to combat but to a wide spectrum of civic and propaganda operations as well.

Author : Christopher Read
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781315527642

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Stalin by Christopher Read Pdf

This new biography of Stalin offers an accessible and up-to-date representation of one of the twentieth-century’s defining figures, as well as new insights, analysis and illumination to deepen our understanding of his actions, intentions and the nature of the power that he wielded. Christopher Read examines Stalin’s contribution to and impact on Russian and world events in the first half of the twentieth century. The biography brings together the avalanche of sources and scholarship which followed the collapse of the system Stalin constructed, including the often neglected writings and speeches of Stalin himself. In addition to a detailed narrative and analysis of Stalin’s rule, chapters also cover his early years and humble beginnings in a small town at a remote outpost of the Russian Empire, his role in the revolution, his relationships with Lenin, Trotsky and others in the 1920s, and his rise to become one of the most powerful figures in human history. The book closes with an account of Stalin’s afterlife and legacy, both in the immediate aftermath of his death and in the decades since. This concise account of Stalin’s life is the perfect introduction for students of modern Russian history.

Author : Charles E. Beury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0365114456

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Russia After the Revolution (Classic Reprint) by Charles E. Beury Pdf

Excerpt from Russia After the Revolution This is a two-fold tale. First it is the personal story of a forty-six thousand mile trip, sixteen thou sand miles of which were covered in Russia, Persia, and Turkey during war, revolution, and famine. The journey was undertaken by Dr. William T. Ellis and myself as Commissioners for the American Com mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, entrusted with the duty of looking into the distress of the refu gee peoples in the Caucasus and neighboring lands. In addition, at the request of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, We made an investigation of the Red Cross needs on the Caucasus front, which we visited in Persia and at several places in Turkey as the guests of the Russian Army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Frederick Stanwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015001740839

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War, Revolution & British Imperialism in Central Asia by Frederick Stanwood Pdf

Author : Jon Smele
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190233044

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The "Russian" Civil Wars, 1916-1926 by Jon Smele Pdf

"This volume offers a comprehensive and original analysis and reconceptualisation of the compendium of struggles that wracked the collapsing Tsarist empire and the emergent USSR, profoundly affecting the history of the twentieth century. The reverberations of those decade-long wars echo to the present day--not despite, but because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which re-opened many old wounds, from the Baltic to the Caucasus. Contemporary memorialising and 'de-memorialising' of these wars, therefore form part of the book's focus, but at its heart lie the struggles between various Russian political and military forces which sought to inherit and preserve, or even expand, the territory of the tsars, overlain with examinations of the attempts of many non-Russian national and religious groups to divide the former empire. The reasons why some of the latter were successful (Poland and Finland, for example), while others (Ukraine, Georgia and the Muslim Basmachi) were not, are as much the author's concern as are explanations as to why the chief victors of the 'Russian' Civil Wars were the Bolsheviks. Tellingly, the work begins and ends with battles in Central Asia--a theatre of the 'Russian' Civil Wars that was closer to Mumbai than it was to Moscow"--Publisher description.

Author : Robert F. Baumann
Publisher : WWW.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1907521739

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Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan by Robert F. Baumann Pdf

First published in 1983 this detailed study has only now been made generally available. The Russians have a long history of fighting what are now called unconventional wars. Certainly since the 18th Century, and more recently in Afghanistan and Chechnia. The early wars were fought in the Caucasus. Fighting in that region started in earnest in the early 19th Century and continued to the late 1840s. Unrest continued in the region thereafter with major uprisings in the 1870s and also following the 1917 Revolution. It continues today in the Chechnia region. As the Russian Empire expanded Russian forces dominated the Kazahk region and undertook a series of campaigns in the area between the Caspian and Aral Sea. This culminated in the assault on Khiva in 1873 and the operations in 1880-1 on the Persian border, by then the Empire was on the borders of Persia and Afghanistan. After the Revolution the Red Army conducted a long campaign in the area north of the border with Afghanistan against the Basmachis Central Asian resistance. The Soviet operations started in 1918 and the last rumblings of resistance was finally quelled in 1933, though no serious fighting took place after 1924. The Soviets had considerable experience in the conduct of and fighting against, insurgency warfare. Prior to World War II it was either suppressing or encouraging such wars on its Asian frontiers. In World War II it organised activities behind the German line in Russia as well as supporting resistance and partisan movements in eastern and central Europe. After World War II it had to deal with resistance in the Ukraine and other areas of the Soviet Union that had been liberated from German occupation. Since World War II it encouraged, supplied and trained numerous participants in insurgent wars from the large scale such as Vietnam to the insignificant. In 1979, after the Soviet military intervention in Kabul, the Red Army allowed itself to become involved in an unwinnable war. This despite the Soviet experience in such fighting that extended back to the Revolution. Furthermore their conduct of operations demonstrated their failure to comprehend how such a war should be fought.

Author : Charlotte Hille
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047441366

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State Building and Conflict Resolution in the Caucasus by Charlotte Hille Pdf

Taking history and culture of the Caucasus as starting point, state building and conflict resolution processes in the North and South Caucasus are analysed from an international legal and political perspective. Development of the rule of law is here central.

Author : Pat Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3939795976

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Great Britain Against Russia in the Caucasus by Pat Walsh Pdf

Author : Alex Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136938245

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The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule by Alex Marshall Pdf

The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However, until now there has been little understanding of how these issues came to assume the importance they have today. This book argues that understanding the Soviet legacy in the region is critical to analysing both the new states of the Transcaucasus and the autonomous territories of the North Caucasus. It examines the impact of Soviet rule on the Caucasus, focusing in particular on the period from 1917 to 1955. Important questions covered include how the Soviet Union created ‘nations’ out of the diverse peoples of the North Caucasus; the true nature of the 1917 revolution; the role and effects of forced migration in the region; how over time the constituent nationalities of the region came to re-define themselves; and how Islamic radicalism came to assume the importance it continues to hold today. A cauldron of war, revolution, and foreign interventions - from the British and Ottoman Turks to the oil-hungry armies of Hitler’s Third Reich - the Caucasus and the policies and actors it produced (not least Stalin, Sergo Ordzhonikidze and Anastas Mikoyan) both shaped the Soviet experiment in the twentieth century and appear set to continue to shape the geopolitics of the twenty-first. Making unprecedented use of memoirs, archives and published sources, this book is an invaluable aid for scholars, political analysts and journalists alike to understanding one of the most important borderlands of the modern world.

Author : Thomas de Waal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190683115

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The Caucasus by Thomas de Waal Pdf

This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has introduced thousands of readers to a complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the break-away territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history and ethnic complexity. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus gives the reader a historical overview and an authoritative guide to the three conflicts that have blighted the region. Thomas de Waal tells the story of the "Five-Day War" between Georgia and Russia and recent political upheavals in all three countries. He also finds time to tell the reader about Georgian wine, Baku jazz and how the coast of Abkhazia was known as "Soviet Florida." Short, stimulating and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and little-understood region.

Author : Thomas Goltz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Georgia (Republic)
ISBN : 0765617102

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Georgia Diary by Thomas Goltz Pdf

Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles. This work provides details about the struggles of this region of the former Soviet Union. Featuring portraits of individuals in high places and low, it traces the story from 1992 through the "Rose Revolution.

Author : Dr Maartje Abbenhuis,Neill Atkinson,Kingsley Baird
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030088359

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The Myriad Legacies of 1917 by Dr Maartje Abbenhuis,Neill Atkinson,Kingsley Baird Pdf