Background and Context
This will serve as a portal page for historical reading, current events, and context.
As this page grows, it should probably eventually become a portal page to different major topics (e.g. North Caucasus Conflict, Current Events, Literary References, etc).
Timeline of Conflict in the North Caucasus
- 600 BC to AD 300 Ancient Scythia
- Pre-modern conflict (prior to Caucasian War)
- 1817-1864 Caucasian War
- 1994-1996 First Chechen War
- 1999 Invasion of Dagestan
- 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings
- 1999-2000 Second Chechen War
- 2004 Beslan School Massacre
- 2008 Russia-Georgia War
- 2010 2010 Moscow Metro Bombings ordered by Dokka Umarov
See Also
Suicide attacks in the North Caucasus Conflict
Chechnya Timeline 1830-2006
North Caucasus - Guide to a volatile region (BBC)
Timeline of major attacks in Russia 1994-2011 (Reuters)
List of clashes in the North Caucasus (very detailed, 2009-2013)
Leaked US Embassy Cables - Chechnya
Organizations
- Shariat Jamaat
- Liberation Army of Dagestan
- FSB
- Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
- Islamic International Brigade (IIB)
People
- Ibn al-Khattab
- Shamil Basayev
- Dokka Umarov
- Ramzan Kadyrov
- Vladimir Putin
- Anna Politkovskaya
- Alexander Litvinenko
- Natalya Estemirova
Historical Allusions and References
- Sons of Rurik - mentioned in email containing Kavkaz Center Video
- Third Rome - wikipedia page, alluded to by thirdrome.com
- Czargrad - old name for Constantinople (second Rome)
Literary, Art and Mythological References
- The Nart Sagas
- In the Realms of the Unreal - Henry Darger
- Alphonse Mucha - Art Nouveau artist who painted portrait used by Diyne Seteney
- Franz Stuck - Painted 'The Sin' used as a portrait by Diyne Seteney, favorite painter of Adolf Hitler