The North Caucasus Borderland

Explores the role of the North Caucasus as the first borderland between the Ottoman and Russian Empires in the 16th century Presents an innovative, engaging and well-documented study of the North Caucasus and the process of the imperial rivalry that turned the region into a contested borderlandAddresses the story of imperial entanglements from multiple perspectives including folkloric and cultural sourcesAnalyses the actions of both empires and considers the motivations of the peoples caught in