Chechnya O’zxia xm-3 talabasi Mirzohidov Ulug’bekning xalqaro mintaqashunoslik fa’nidan tayyorlagan taqdimoti Background of Chechen

ARRIVAL OF THE COSSACKS

• The Cossacks, had settled in the lowlands just a bit off from the Terek river. This area, the Nogais and the Chechens.
• The mountainous highlands of Chechnya were economically dependent on the lowlands for food produce, and the lowlands of Terek river were considered part of the Chechen lowlands.
• The Cossacks were much more assertive than the Nogais and they soon replaced the Nogais as the regional rival.
• This marked the beginning of Russo-Chechen conflict, (Cossacks are to be considered Russian)
• The Cossacks and Chechens would periodically raid each other's villages, and seek to sabotage each other's crops.

• Nonetheless, the Chechen versus Cossack conflict has continued to the modern day.
• The habit of raids done by the Chechens against Cossacks, by the 20th century, become a cultural tradition
• need fill the mouths of hungry children and to regain lost lands played a role.
• The Chechen raiders, known as “Abreks” were the focal point of this conflict.
• The Russian view on the “Abreks” is that they were simple mountain bandits,.. they were depicted as rapists and murderers by Russian authors
• The Chechen view is that they were heroes of valor, much like Robin Hood.

RUSSIAN EMPIRE

• Russian Empire began spreading its influence into the Caucasus mountains. The Chechens were actually first drawn into conflict with Russia

• Russians incorporated a strategy of driving the Chechens into the mountains, out of their lowland ( food source), thus forcing them to either starve or surrender. Chechen Lowlands lacked their historical.

LOST OF HOMELAND

Prehistorically, the Chechens lived in the highlands of the North Caucasus region.
However, in the late Middle Ages the Little Ice Age forced the Chechens to migrate down from the hills into the lowlands.