Dagestan movement explained

Conflict:Dagestan movement
Date:1913-1914
Place:Dagestan
Result:Uprising suppressed
Combatant1:Dagestan rebels
Combatant2: Russian Empire
Strength1:6,000
Strength2:226

Dagestan movement or Dagestan anti-Pisar uprising (ru|Дагестанское антиписарское восстание|Dagestanskoe antipisarskoe vostanie), was unrest occurred due to the translation of Arabic language office work into Russian.

Eventually, the reform was canceled, but a huge part of the enterprises still switched to Russian, unrest itself was suppressed, and their leaders were repressive.

Background

After the annexation of Dagestan to Russia, moderate Russification took place on the territory, over time it reached the apogee of loyalty under Nicholas 2.

Movement

In January-February 1914, there were several major riots in the cities, which were aimed at repealing the reform.March 13 of this year, a crowd of 6,000 people gathered from different regions of Dagestan, who went to Temir Khan Shura, however, on the outskirts of the city, one company of the drove back the rebels, and the next day completely suppressed. To avoid the development of the conflict, the tsarist government canceled the reform.

Aftermath

Despite the cancellation of the reform, 77 out of 168 enterprises switched to Russian, which did not meet the requirements of the rebels, whose leaders were sent into exile.

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