Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia is the story of Schamyl and his fight against Russia. Mackle describes the location as, "Circassia--under which name the country occupied by a great number of tribes of which the Circassians are one, is best known to foreigners--lies in the Caucasus, a range of mountains which, running in the direction between north-west and south-east, extends from the shores of the Black Sea to those of the Caspian, and divides by its wall of rock the two continents of Europe and Asia." Imam Shamil also spelled as Shamyl, Schamil, or Schamyl; 1797 - March 1871) was a political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. He was a leader of anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War. Schamyl was effective at uniting the many, frequently quarreling, Caucasian tribes. Their use of guerrilla warfare to fight against the Russians was successful in many instances. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Life of Schamyl (John Milton Mackie)