Russia and Chechnia The Permanent Crisis Essays on Russo-Chechen Relations [Hardcover]

This collection of essays explores the relationship between the Chechens and their Russian conquerors, tracing the growth of mistrust and hostility, the rise of Chechen national feeling, and the culmination of this process in the war of 1994-1996. Each contributor seeks to illuminate the development of this relationship from a different angle: the changing image of the independence fighters of the nineteenth century, the tragic story of the deportation of 1944, and the background of the recent conflict.Notes on the Contributors Introduction - Ben Fowkes The Longstanding Russian and Soviet Debate over Sheikh Shamil - Bulent Gokay The Deportation of the Chechen and Ingush Peoples: A Critical Examination - William Fleming The Battle for Grozny: The Russian Invasion of Chechnia, December 1994-August 1996 - Pontus Siren Outline Chronology of the Recent Conflict in Chechnia - Pontus Siren & Ben Fowkes IndexBen Fowkes is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of North London.