When did Russia annex the Kingdom of Georgia?
Paul I of Russia responded by annexing the kingdom on the 18th of December 1800. Some sources give the date as the 28th of December 1800 or the 8th of January 1801 due to multiple decrees.
Questions about Russian conquest of the Caucasus
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who was the Russian commander killed in Baku in 1806?
Tsitsianov died accepting a feigned surrender here while the Khan of Quba drove off the Caspian Flotilla in summer 1805. He arrived before Baku before the 8th of February 1806 and was shot dead when the khan rode out with an escort.
What happened to Circassians during the final phase of the Russo-Circassian War?
Several hundred thousand Circassians were expelled to Turkey during this final phase which continued until 1864. Their lands were subsequently settled by Cossacks after the war ended that year.
Which famous Russian authors wrote about the Caucasus region?
Writers like Alexander Griboyedov, Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and Leo Tolstoy were influenced by these interactions. Pushkin wrote The Prisoner of the Caucasus between 1820 and 1822 while Lermontov published A Hero of Our Time from 1839 to 1841.