Аннотация:In this article we analyse the dynamics of the insurgencies and the corresponding
counter-insurgency measures in the North Caucasus over the past 25 years. By
comparing three cases – Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria – we identify
similarities and differences in the way insurgencies and counter-insurgency
measures influence governance in the region. Analysing different dynamics and
outcomes under similar framework conditions – a federal state with a centralised
government trying to govern a region with a shared history of rebellions against
central rule and with similar geographic, social, and cultural features facilitating
resistance and insurgencies – is a promising approach to better understanding
conditions and implications of insurgency-induced governance in post-Soviet
Russia.