✦ History

Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan

1817 – August 25, 1859

Result Russian victory

The Russian Empire fought the Caucasian Imamate and other mountain peoples of Chechnya and Dagestan, ending with Russian conquest of the North Caucasus.

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Battles 4

June 1839 – August 1839
Siege of Akhoulgo Russian victory Akhulgo Shamil
July 11, 1840
Battle of the Valerik River Russian victory Valerik River Isa Gendargenoevsky
May 30 – June 2, 1842
Battle of Ichkeria North Caucasian victory Ichkeria
1845
Battle of Dargo (1845) North Caucasian victoryFull results Chechnya Isa Gendargenoevsky, Shamil, Mikhail Vorontsov

Key commanders

Caucasian Imamate 4

Isa Gendargenoevsky military commander Shamil military commander Ghazi Muhammad military commander Hamzat Bek military commander

Russian Empire 6

Mikhail Vorontsov military commander Alexander von Lüders military commander Aleksandr Baryatinsky military commander Alexander II of Russia belligerent leader Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov military commander