Features of the foundation and social and economic development of villages of Maikop Department in the Kuban region
This work examines the military-Cossack colonization of the Northwest Caucasus as the basic tool of realization of the Caucasian policy by the Russian government in the conditions of the Caucasian War. The author analyzes features of the foundation and social and economic development of Maikop Department of the Kuban region, underlining domination of reasons of military expediency over economic advantages of a site of new villages.