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    The Sheikh Mansur Movement, also known as the 1785–1791 Insurgency in the North Caucasus, was a major war between the Russian Empire and the North Caucasians...
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    who led an anti-Russian North Caucasian resistance, known as the Sheikh Mansur Movement. He was influential in the resistance against Catherine the Great's...
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    decisive defeat for the North Caucasian insurgents. Around this time, Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen imam, began preaching a purified version of Islam and encouraging...
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    Catherine the Great (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Catherine II (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress...
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  • Battle of Tatartup (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Russian Empire planned the complete destruction of the resistance movement Sheikh Mansur caused across the North Caucasus. A special unit was organized under...
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    Muhammad Mansur Ali (16 January 1917 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding...
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  • Attack on Karginsk (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    The Attack on Karginsk took place on 14 July 1785. Sheikh Mansur attacked Karginsk Redoubt with his army of North Caucasians before advancing on Kizlyar...
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  • Battle of the Shibza River (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    conditions, as well as constant skirmishes with Circassian fighters led by Sheikh Mansur, Bibikov continued his campaign. With not much food left the Russian...
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  • Siege of Kizlyar (August 1785) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    allies led by Sheikh Mansur to capture the Kizlyar fortress. After the defeat in Grigoripolis, the Kumyk people invited Sheikh Mansur to their country...
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  • Battle of Aldy (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    expedition launched by the Russian Empire with the aim of capturing Sheikh Mansur, who, through his speeches and teachings had gained a wide following...
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  • Battle of Grigoriopolis (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Grigoriopolis was a 2 day long siege of the Grigoripolis Redoubt by Sheikh Mansur's forces which ultimately failed and forced the North Caucasians to retreat...
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  • Anapa campaign (1788) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Russian campaign against Anapa Мусаев, Алаудин (2007). Шейх Мансур [Sheikh Mansur] (in Russian). pp. 71–72. Kadir I. Natho, Circassian History.(2009)...
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    Anapa Campaign (1787) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Chechen leader, Sheikh Mansur. The Ottomans sent expensive presents, hoping to recruit the Caucasians to join them in their ranks. Imam Mansur was also seeking...
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  • Battle of the Malka (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Russian Empire and the forces of Sheikh Mansur. The 5 hour–long battle ended in no deciding victory for either side. Mansur had previously attempted to advance...
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    Pavel Potemkin (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, sometimes spelled Potyomkin or Potiomkin (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Потёмкин; 1743–1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier...
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  • (1785) — Sheikh Mansur Movement Siege of Kizlyar (July 1785) — Sheikh Mansur Movement Battle of Grigoriopolis 1785 — Sheikh Mansur Movement Siege of Kizlyar...
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    Battle of the Tokhtamysh River (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    of the Tokhtamysh (in Russian) Мусаев, Алаудин (2007). Шейх Мансур [Sheikh Mansur] (in Russian). pp. 1–81. Baddeley, John F. (1908). The Russian conquest...
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    Johann Hermann von Fersen (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Johann Hermann von Fersen (Russian: Иван Иванович Герман, romanized: Ivan Ivanovich German; also Ivan Ivanovich Hermann; c. 1740 – 9 June 1801) was a Saxon-born...
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  • Siege of Anapa (1788) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    1788 was a major confrontation between the North Caucasians led by Sheikh Mansur and Turkish troops led by the commander of Anapa, Tatal-Bey, with a...
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  • Battle of Alkhan–Yurt (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    hinder the rapid growth of Sheikh Mansur popularity in the North Caucasus. Мусаев 2007, p. 44. Айдамиров 1991, p. 25. "Sheikh Mansur (Ushurma of Aldy); 1st...
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  • Battle of Kachkalikov (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    "Sheikh Mansur (Ushurma of Aldy)" (in Russian). 3 February 2020. Oztas, Ahmet (2013). A Page from the History of the North Caucasus: Imam Mansur Ushurma...
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  • Anapa Campaign (1790) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    1787, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia. The Chechen leader, Sheikh Mansur, who was allied with the Ottomans at the time, took a position to defend...
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  • Siege of Kizlyar (July 1785) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    second major confrontation between the Russian Empire and the forces of Sheikh Mansur. The North Caucasians hoped to capture the fortress of Kizlyar, which...
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  • Battle of the Kuban River (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    runivers.ru. "Sheikh Mansur (Ushurma of Aldy); 2nd Part". 5 February 2020. Мусаев 2007, p. 69. Мусаев, Алаудин (2007). Шейх Мансур [Sheikh Mansur] (in Russian)...
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    Siege of Anapa (1791) (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    starting lines. The Turkish-Circassian troops were led by Mansur Ushurma, a Chechen sheikh who fought for Circassia. At 4 o'clock in the morning the assault...
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  • Battle of Jilehoy (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    Kipchak Turkic fighters led by Sheikh Mansur. Although victorious at first, after the arrival of Russian reinforcements, Mansur and his fighters were forced...
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    activists continue to seek broader international recognition. In 1785, Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen muslim leader, organized one of the first large-scale North...
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    Ivan Saltykov (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    General-Field Marshal Battles/wars Seven Years' War Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Sheikh Mansur Movement Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Russo-Swedish War...
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    Budjak Horde Nekrasov Cossacks Deylik of Algiers Pashalik of Scutari Sheikh Mansur Movement Commanders and leaders Catherine II Grigory Potemkin # Pavel Potemkin...
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  • Battle of Shchedrinskaya (category Sheikh Mansur Movement)
    fighters attempted to attack a plantation near Chervlyonnaya, spurred by Sheikh Mansur's letters urging them to attack Russian settlements. However, the Russian...
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