Editing Imam Shamil (section)

== Legacy ==
=== Russian historiography ===
While Russia had managed to conquer Chechnya and Dagestan in a series of bloody conquest, Russians had developed a great respect for Shamil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theoryandpractice.ru/posts/17061-teper-kavkaz-v-kaluge-kak-zhil-imam-shamil-v-russkom-plenu|title=Теперь Кавказ в Калуге»: как жил имам Шамиль в русском плену|date=14 November 2018}}</ref> Tsar [[Alexander II of Russia]] had openly admired his resistance, thus in the later part of his life, Shamil was permitted for Hajj by the Russian authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2015/08/28/imam-shamil-a-pioneer-of-the-caucusess-struggle-for-freedom|title=Imam Shamil: A pioneer of the Caucuses's struggle for freedom|website=[[Daily Sabah]]|date=28 August 2015}}</ref>

Shamil's career and legacy continue to be studied by Russian authorities and academics despite his defiance to Russian power.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/russkie-v-gosudarstve-shamilya|title = Русские в государстве Шамиля|journal = История, Археология И Этнография Кавказа|year = 2011|issue = 28|pages = 7–15}}</ref> An entomologist with reformist ideas named a large [[swift moth]] after him.<ref>H. Christoph: Diagnosen zu einigen neuen Lepidoptera des palaearctischen Faunengebietes. Hor. Soc. 
Ent Ross. (Sankt Peterburg), vol 22. pp308 - 314 (1888). See [[Zenophassus]].</ref>

=== Musical composition ===
At a gathering in 1958,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/81890/jewish/A-Song.htm|title=A Song - A story of bondage and freedom portrays the mystery of life|website=www.chabad.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref> the [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson|Lubavitcher Rebbe]] told a story about a great tribal leader named Shamil, who was rebelling against the persecuting Russian forces. Lured by a false peace treaty, he was captured and exiled. During his exile, he composed a heartfelt, wordless song emoting his rise, downfall and yearning for freedom. The song was seemingly heard by a passing Hasid, the melody remained obscure until the Rebbe taught it at the above-mentioned gathering. The song uncharacteristically was adopted by the [[Chabad]] movement (who usually compose their own melodies), as they take the deeper meaning of its stanzas as an analogy for the soul, which descends to a world of mortality and physicality, trapped in a body, knowing that it will one day return to its maker.<ref name=":0" /> (Another song uncharacteristically adapted by the [[Chabad]] movement is the tune of the [[La Marseillaise]], which was put to the tune of the prayer Ho'aderes V'hoemunah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/2465274/jewish/The-Spiritual-French-Revolution-A-Miracle-in-Our-Times-5752-1992.htm#footnote20a2465274|title=The Spiritual French Revolution: A Miracle in Our Times, 5752(1992)|website=chabad.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref>)