Table of Contents

Historical survey of Russian and Soviet policies in the North Caucasus, 1552 to the present, Marie Broxup; social, political and religious structure of the NC before the appearance of the Russians, Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay; 16th century - the first contacts, cooptation of native elites, Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay; the first military Jihad - Sheikh Mansur, Tarik Kutlu; the Caucasian Wars - 1925-59, Moshe Gammer; forced migration and genocide - expulsion of the Cherkess Tribes, Paul B.Henze; religious uprisings of the 1860s and 1870s, Marie Broxup; The Sufi Brotherhoods against the Red Army - the last great uprising of Daghestan and Chechnia - 1920-25, Marie Broxup; the deportation of the North Caucasians in 1945, Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov; Islam and nationalism in the NC today, Fanny Bryan; the Communist Parties of the NC, Michael Rywkin.