The Sheikh Mansur movement, was a major war between the Russian Empire and the North Caucasians, caused by the Chechen religious and military leader Sheikh...

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...

decisive defeat for the North Caucasian insurgents. Around this time, Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen imam, began preaching a purified version of Islam and encouraging...

activists continue to seek broader international recognition. In 1785, Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen muslim leader, organized one of the first large-scale North...

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...

expedition launched by the Russian Empire with the aim of capturing Sheikh Mansur, who, through his speeches and teachings had gained a wide following...

Russian Empire planned the complete destruction of the resistance movement Sheikh Mansur caused across the North Caucasus. A special unit was organized under...

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...

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...

allies led by Sheikh Mansur to capture the Kizlyar fortress. After the defeat in Grigoripolis, the Kumyk people invited Sheikh Mansur to their country...

Muhammad Mansur Ali (16 January 1917 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding...

"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...

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...

Count Pavel Sergeevich Potemkin, sometimes spelled Potyomkin or Potiomkin (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Потёмкин; 1743–1796) was a Russian statesman, soldier...

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...

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...

Johann Hermann von Fersen (Russian: Иван Иванович Герман фон Ферзен; 1740 – 9 June 1801) was an Imperial Russian Army officer. Born in Saxony, he joined...

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...

second major confrontation between the Russian Empire and the forces of Sheikh Mansur. The North Caucasians hoped to capture the fortress of Kizlyar, which...

of the Tokhtamysh (in Russian) Мусаев, Алаудин (2007). Шейх Мансур [Sheikh Mansur] (in Russian). pp. 1–81. Baddeley, John F. (1908). The Russian conquest...

Russian campaign against Anapa Мусаев, Алаудин (2007). Шейх Мансур [Sheikh Mansur] (in Russian). pp. 71–72. Kadir I. Natho, Circassian History.(2009)...

(1785) — Sheikh Mansur Movement Siege of Kizlyar (July 1785) — Sheikh Mansur Movement Battle of Grigoriopolis 1785 — Sheikh Mansur Movement Siege of Kizlyar...

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...

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...

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)...

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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fighters attempted to attack a plantation near Chervlyonnaya, spurred by Sheikh Mansur's letters urging them to attack Russian settlements. However, the Russian...

and Nogai fighters led by Sheikh Mansur. Although victorious at first, after the arrival of Russian reinforcements, Mansur and his fighters were forced...

of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Siege of Giurgiu (1770) Sheikh Mansur Movement Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)...