Tarihsel Süreçte Rusya'nın Kuzey Kafkasya'yı Kontrol Stratejilerinde Gelinen Aşama: Başarısızlık ve Terör
Present Stage at Russia’s Control Strategies of the North Caucasus in the Historical Process: The Failure and the Terror

Summary/Abstract: The Russians, in pursuit of ambitions since the 16th century to enlarge their empire, have seen mandatory to expand to the east and to the south. In this context, the North Caucasus, with its geopolitical position which controls the axis extending to the warm waters and the depths of Asian continent has been of great importance for the Russians. In order to achieve the objectives, the Russians, aimed at occupation of and controlling the North Caucasus, have lived the dilemma between the approaches, the colonization of the region and the fully integration of it into the Russia. Thus, control strategies applied have differed in terms of the periods and the State’s elites perspectives. From the mid-16th century to the present day, the Russians have widely practiced the policies of the use of Cossacks, Russification and Christianization, acculturation, collaborators creation, divide and rule, exile and emigration, the placement of Russian descent, policies of oppression and violence against the people of the North Caucasus. Although these policies which have been implemented in the historical process have provided both a partial and a periodical success for the division of peoples in the region and the prevention of a strong struggle for national sovereignty against the Russia, it has never been able to fully keep the region under control. To day, the major part of the problems in the North Caucasus which is called with common instability, radical Islam and terrorism is due to the Russia’s control strategies.

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