Editing Imam Shamil (section)

=== 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>