The Fighting of Russian Troops during the Construction of Fort Golovinsky (May – July 1839)

This article examines the fighting between Russian troops and Caucasian tribes during the construction of the Golovinsky fortification at the mouth of the Shakhe River in May -July 1839.As materials, the author used a complex of various sources -memoirs and epistolary heritage of contemporaries of the events described, as well as archival materials.A set of historical research methods was used in the work -historical-systemic, diachronic analysis, historical-genetic, etc.The author came to the following conclusions that the fighting during the construction of the Golovinsky fortification was no less bloody than during the landing of the Russian troops.Casualties were suffered by both Russian troops and, to a greater extent, Caucasian tribes who tried to prevent the landing and construction of fortifications at the mouth of the Shah River.