Security Council of the Northern Caucasus and Dagestan
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- Ali-Hajji of Akusha (until 7 February 1920)
- Sultan-Said Kazbekov (from 7 February 1920)
| Security Council of the Northern Caucasus and Dagestan | |
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| Совет обороны Северного Кавказа и Дагестана | |
 Seal of the Security Council | |
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| Foundation | 19 October 1919 |
| Dissolved | 11 April 1920 |
| Merged into | Dagestan Revolutionary Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) |
| Allegiance |  Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus |
| Active regions | Dagestan |
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| Allies | |
| Opponents |  White movement |
| Battles and wars | |
The Security Council of the Northern Caucasus and Dagestan (Russian: Совет обороны Северного Кавказа и Дагестана, romanized: Sovet oborony Severnogo Kavkaza i Dagestana) was a provisional government in Dagestan. Led by Shaykh al-Islām Ali-Hajji of Akusha, it was one of the main resistance groups against the Armed Forces of South Russia following the White Russian invasion of Dagestan, along with the North Caucasian Emirate.
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was established in 1917, following the February Revolution. After the White Russian invasion of Dagestan, Prime Minister Pshemakho Kotsev fled to the Dargin District. There, he met with shaykh al-Islām Ali-Hajji of Akusha, who had been a local military commander prior to the invasion.[1] Kotsev convinced Ali-Hajji to join a meeting of government figures and his one-time opponent Uzun-Hajji. At the meeting, it was agreed to launch a resistance movement against the Russian invasion.[2]
On 20 May 1919, the Mountainous Republic's government dissolved, and its members fled to the Democratic Republic of Georgia to establish a government-in-exile. The Bolsheviks, too, fled, travelling to Baku,[3] although a few[a] travelled to the village of Levashi to join Ali-Hajji's resistance movement.[4] The uprising against White Russian forces began in August 1919. Uzun-Hajji led forces in Chechnya and Ingushetia, while Ali-Hajji oversaw operations in Dagestan.[5]