Muslim Theocratic Monarchy in the North Caucasus during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War: Ideas and Attempts of Implementation
The article analyzes the attempts to create a Muslim theocratic state in the North Caucasus after the fall of the monarchy in Russia. The leadership of the movement for the revival of the Caucasian Imamate rested mainly in the hands of Dagestan spiritual leaders, among which Najmutdin Gotsinsky and Uzun Haji Saltinsky stood out. However, Gotsinsky's attempt to become an Imam in the second half of 1917 - early 1918 was not successful. In the autumn of 1919 Uzun-Haji proclaimed the creation of the Emirate, but in early 1920, due to a number of external and internal reasons, it collapsed. The last attempt to establish a Sharia monarchy led by Shamil's grandson Said Bay was made by the leaders of the anti-Bolshevik uprising in Dagestan and Chechnya in the second half of 1920, but most of the highlanders did not support them, and in the spring of 1921 the uprising was suppressed. In 1925, the Sharia movement was finally defeated by the Communists, who established their power in the region for several decades.