Special aspects of the Civil war in the North Caucasus
The article analyzes some special aspects in the process of civil confrontation in the North Cau- casus in 1917-1920. The author emphasizes that in the conditions of the multi-ethnic state the popula- tion of each region showed its own characteristic reactions and behavior that formed a relevant algo- rithm of military-political processes in 1917-1920. It is noted that the complexity and contradictions of intraregional problems was based on its ethnic, religious, civilizational, economic diversity, that has always been one of the reasons for the weakness of the integration processes.It is stressed that the North Caucasus region was a highly organized system of cooperation and confrontation in its civilization sphere. The civil war in the North Caucasus was regarded as an inter- ethnic war. The North Caucasus is perhaps the most multiethnic and multiconfessional region.It is also pointed out that the Civil War was largely brought to the Caucasus from Russia. The prevailing part of non-Slavic active population supported the Reds in the North Caucasus. This wasobviously due to the fact that the Whites continued autocratic national policies under the banner of United and indivisible Russia, that led to the crisis of traditional public institutions, indigenous peoplesof the North Caucasus.The author focuses on the fact that one of the most complicated features of the Civil War in the North Caucasus was the manifestation of two contradictory tendencies violating the routine in the re-gion. On the one hand, the union of formerly hostile forces - Cossacks and the mountaineers (“gort- si”), and disunity of the very mountaineers, on the other hand, as it seemed, so necessary for hardtimes.