Qasey_Atajuq

Qasey Atajuq

Qasey Atajuq

Kabardian Grand Prince 1762 - 1773


Qasey Atajuq (Kabardian: Хьэтокъущокъуэ Къэсей; ? — 1773) was the Kabardian Grand Prince between 1762 and 1773.

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Biography

He was against the construction of the Mozdok fortress in Circassian lands, and saw it as an invasion of Circassia by Russia.

After 1765, he consistently advocated the destruction of Mozdok.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war of 1768–1774, Qasey Atajuq searched for ways to strengthen Kabardian sovereignty by diplomatic methods. He remained dissatisfied with the conditions for Russian annexation of Kabarda. In the last years of his life, Atajuq was actively looking for allies to exert diplomatic and military-political pressure on Russia.[1][2]

In 1773, he died.


References

  1. А. В. Казаков. Адыги (черкесы) на российской военной службе. Воеводы и офицеры. Середина XVI — начало XX в. Биографический справочник. Нальчик. ГП КБР «Республиканский полиграфкомбинат им. Революции 1905 г.» Издательский центр «Эль-Фа», 2006, с. 54
  2. "Атажукин Касай» Черкес | историко-познавательный портал". Retrieved 2013-01-05.

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