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War for What The Reasons of War in Caucasus

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  Caucasus, "a wounded place on the territory of the former Soviet Union" as Putin,present Russian president, described, is a stage for war and pain because of the conflict between Russia and the local people, especially the Cechens, since late 18th century. Cechens led by commanders like Shayk Mansur Ushurma and Shayk Imam Shamil showed opposition against Russians but, meanwhile, suffered a lot because of this conflict. In addition to
  suffering thousands of casualties during battles, Cechens struggled because of deliberate decisions of Russia such as Stalin's decree to send the entire nation into exile, which caused the death of one third of whole nation. On the other hand Russia has been losing lots of human lives and money only for this mountainous territory for centuries, too. Although it seems illogical for Russia to sacrifice so much for a small region- when compared to the vast lands it owned, or for just fighting against terrorism which is the reason mentioned in official
  statements, I shall argue that Russians have some really good reasons to continue the war against Cechens. These reasons could be summarized under 3 headlines, firstly,
  the importance of this matter as being an example for other Russian Federation Republics- briefly, Russians feared that if they gave up in the fight other ethnical groups might be encouraged to proclaim independence and this could even lead to disintegration-,secondly, the importance of Chechnya in the oil production and transportation in the world oil market and thirdly, the need of meeting the demand of Russian nationalism for a victory.
  
  
  To begin with, one of the reasons which make this matter important is segregation of Cechnya would set a dangerous precedent in the region. Experts believe that, other ethnic groups might be encouraged because of the capability of Russian forces in suppressing the Cechen rebels and could declare and defend their independence.
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