Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky

Born on November 23, 1846, in the village of Khunzakh in Dagestan, in the family of an Avar officer. He was the elder brother of Kaitmaz Alikhanov. As a child, he was held hostage by Shamil, after the ransom was determined in the 2nd Tiflis noble school. He reportedly carried the name Ali Khan Avarski. His governance in the Caucasus was controversial and characterized as repressive. Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky led a military invasion in 1906 that ended the Gurian Republic. He restored government order using repressive measures within a few weeks. He was subjected to an assassination attempt in 1906. == Assassination ==

On July 3, 1907, Drastamat Kanayan along with his friend, Martiros Charkhchyan, assassinated Maksud in Alexandropol to avenge his actions towards Armenians during the Armenian-Tartar Massacres of 1905. == Awards ==

• Order of St. George (1877) • Order of St. Vladimir (1872, 1899) • Order of St. Anna (1888, 1906) • Order of St. Stanislaus (1904) • Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persia) (1884, 1900 & 1902) • Order of the Golden Star of Bukhara (1895) == Selected works of Alikhanov-Avarsky ==

• Mervsky oasis and roads leading to it. St Petersburg, 1883 • Visiting the Shah. Essays on Persia. Tiflis, 1898 • Hike in Khiva (Caucasian troops). Steppe and oasis. St Petersburg, 1899 • Tarihi Derbend-Nama. Tiflis, 1898. • Author of numerous illustrations, articles and reports in periodicals. == Bibliography ==