Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad
Depiction by Eugene Lanceray
Born1818
Khunzakh, Dagestan, North Caucasus
Died5 May 1852(1852-05-05) (aged 33–34)
Ondzhally, Russian Empire (now Qakh District, Azerbaijan)
Known forResistance leader against the Russian Empire

Hadji Murad (Russian: Хаджи-Мурат, Avar: XӀажи Мурад; 1818 – 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1852) was an important North Caucasian Avar leader during the resistance of the peoples of Dagestan and Chechnya in 1811–1864 against the incorporation of the region into the Russian Empire.

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