1. Jembulat Boletoqo was a Circassian military commander, politician, nobleman and leader of the Temirgoy region.
14 Facts About Jembulat Boletoqo
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Jembulat Boletoqo was one of the most influential figures in the Russo-Circassian War.
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Jembulat Boletoqo had a big influence on the entire Trans-Kuban region.
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Jembulat Boletoqo was famous for his courage and tough will.
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Jembulat Boletoqo had great influence among all Circassians, including the Abadzekhs, with whom he was associated with.
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Jembulat Boletoqo's personality has invariably attracted the attention of historiographers of the Caucasian War.
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The eldest prince of the Jembulat Boletoqo family inherited the title of the Great Prince.
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Jembulat Boletoqo led an 800 strong cavalry force into Russian territory.
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Jembulat Boletoqo's forces surrounded the Cossacks and killed all of them in a saber attack.
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Jembulat Boletoqo took part in the Russo-Turkish War as an ally of the Turks and he repeatedly made devastating raids against the Russians.
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On June 4,1828, Jembulat Boletoqo started his campaign into Russian lands with 2,000 cavalry under five flags of different Circassian principalities, as well as a Turkish flag as a symbol of their loyalty to Islam.
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Jembulat Boletoqo left the local Russian forces behind him and moved forward.
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Yet, Jembulat Boletoqo suddenly changed his direction and headed toward the town of Georgievsk, the Russian administrative center in the Caucasus.
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Jembulat Boletoqo menaced the Volzhskiy regiment's left flank with all his forces, and won the battle.