Gor'kii vybor : vernost' i predatel'stvo v epokhu rossiiskogo zavoevaniia Severnog - Khodarkovskii M.

The book examines the history of the North Caucasus through the prism of the life of Semyon Atarshchikov (1807-1845). Chechen origin and Russian military career could not peacefully get along in his personality. He twice deserted on the side of the Highlanders and eventually died at the hands of a fugitive Cossack. The work vividly recreates the geographical, cultural, social and political context of the Russian conquest, allowing a better understanding of the roots of today's problems in the North Caucasus. Michael Khodarkowski is a historian and professor at Loyola University in Chicago, USA.