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[1837] Russian forces took the besieged Murid fortress at
Ahulgo, in Daghestan, with almost 3,000 Russian casualties, as a long Russian-Murid
guerrilla war in the Caucasus Mountains intensified.
[1859] Russian forces took the Murid base at
Gounib, in the Caucasus
Mountains; Shamili surrendered, ending the long Russian Murid guerrilla war.
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DAGESTAN Northern and eastern Caucasus, approaching the central western Caspian coast. The Murid Imams of the 19th century were the source of considerable resistence to Russian advances in the region, and succeeded in gaining independence from Russian occupation for a time after 1834.
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