notes to military analyst on the effectiveness of the laba line initial period of its operation
: One of the defining features of the Russian advance in the course of the Caucasian War is its conjugation with the imperial efforts to lay lines of military fortifications in the region. Military circles invariably attached great importance to the possibility of effectively fixing one or another locus on the Caucasian theater of military operations through the laying of powerful protective chains. Among the most significant in length and other important parameters of military lines was laid in 1840 along the river. Laba chain of Russian fortifications.From the moment of planning another geopolitical breakthrough deep into the territory of the warring Circassia in the depths of the military command, it was believed that the new military line would radically change the military situation in the East Zakubanie.The article attempts to analyze Russian and foreign military analysts about the effectiveness of theLabin line over the first decade and a half of its operation.