Relations between polish agents and highlanders in the Caucasus 30–60 gg. XIX century

Ku Chamyan

this article discusses the relationship between Polish agents and highlanders in the Caucasus in 30-60. XIX century. The features of anti-Russian relations between Polish agents and highlanders during the Caucasian War are characterized. It is noted that after the suppression of the uprising in Poland, most of the rebels went by imperial order to the Caucasus Front, the rest of the participants went abroad. In France and England, Polish emigrants developed a plan for the anti-Russian struggle for independence, the main leader of which was Adam Erzhi Czartoryski. It is justified that the Caucasus region was of interest not only from the point of view of the diplomatic question in the framework of Russian-British rivalry, but also from the point of view of the revolutionary movement of the Poles. The author describes the anti-Russian activities of Polish agents among the Caucasian highlanders with the support of England, France, Turkey. The Poles tried to change the international situation so that the European powers continued to confront Russia in the Caucasus after the Crimean War. Despite the active anti-Russian activity of the Poles, their activity in the Caucasus did not succeed and was stopped.

Keywords:Caucasian war, Eastern question, Polish deserters, Caucasian highlanders, Nicholas I, Polish uprising, Turkey, English confrontation, Circassians, Unkar-Isklesia treaty