Abstract:

During Russian-Ottoman war,  it was investigated connection between this war, military operations in the in the Caucasus front and Azerbaijan . Preliminary analysis of archival documents and extensive historical literature  came to result, that to prevent the progress of the Russian troops along the eastern coast of the Black Sea, Ottoman government  organized  riots and rebellions against tsarism in the Caucasus muslim regions , and in this way Ottoman government wanted to attract attention of some part of Russian troops in Caucasus front. During this war, using all limited capabilities of Caucasus muslims, Otthoman government  could stop the preventing progress of Russian troops into Otthoman territory.

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