Seeking international recognition: the challenge the Mountain republic had faced up

The paper examined the foreign policy carried by the Mountain Republic proclaimed within the boundaries of the Tersk and the Dagestan Provinces (of Russia). In December 1917, "The Union of the United Highlanders of Northern Caucasus and Dagestan" unilaterally declared secession from Russia and while seeking recognition of the Government of the Mountain Republic addressed to a number of European states. The paper considered the diplomatic attempts made by the leaders of the Republic to enlist support by Germany and other European Powers, and the United States and Turkey as well. Turkey has brought troops into Dagestan, while the Entente associate countries seeking restoration of the Tsarist Regime in Russia, have not supported the Republic, once having observed the country leaders taking an ambiguous position towards the Bolshevik Government. The author made an inference that the foreign policy factor significantly contributed to both the making of the Mountain Republic and its dissolution.