ეკატერინა ლაჩინოვას აკრძალული წიგნი: XIX საუკუნის კავკასიური ომის ისტორიები
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2025
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საქართველოს უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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Motivated by the events unfolding in the Caucasus since the turn of the century, Russian literature dedicated a significant part of its attention to the region in the first half of the 19th century. driven The article examines the novel pamphlet “Escapades in the Caucasus”, released in Russia in early 1844. Its author, Ekaterina Lachinova, wrote under the pseudonym E.Khamar-Dabanov. The book was later translated into German and published in Leipzig in 1846 under the title ”Muscovites and Circassians,”providing information about this unjust conquest war to European readers.
This article aims to analyse the pressing concerns brought up in the work of the Russian in light of a specific period of the Caucasian War. Throughout the research process, the study used historical-critical, historical-comparative and narrative methodologies.
The publication of the novel caused a great deal of controversy among the authorities, almost the whole print run was destroyed shortly after its release. The work exposed the little-known facts of the Caucasian War in the late 1830s and early 1840s to the public. At the time of its release, the author’s background and reasons for authoring the novel were not well understood. However, later on, the book caught the attention of numerous scholars. The events and characters portrayed in the novel were not fictional but drawn from real life. Lachinova vividly described the brutality of Russian officers and officials, bureaucratic ineptitude, and the looting and violence they committed. At the same time, she criticized the Circassians, who were the target of the Russian army battle. Ultimately, the novel condemns the absurdity of this kind of conflict.
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საქართველო და კავკასია – წარსული, აწმყო, მომავალი, მესამე საერთაშორისო კონფერენციის მასალები, 2025, გვ.: 134-141 / GEORGIA AND THE CAUCASUS – PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2025, p.: 134-141.