About the book: year / By “last exploits in the Caucasus” Dobrolyubov means the capture of the village of Gunib by Russian troops on November 25, 1859 and the capture of the leader of the highlanders Shamilya. These events did not end the so-called “Caucasian wars,” which began at the end of the 16th century and ended in 1864, but predetermined their outcome, which Dobrolyubov correctly understood. Contrary to everything that was written at that time in both the reactionary and liberal press, Dobrolyubov argued that “admiring Shamil,” who traveled under escort through Russian cities and changed the village of Gunib to the city of Kaluga, one should not delude ourselves and attach serious importance “to the words constantly heard in society: “the war in the Caucasus is over”»