An attempt to subjugate the Ossetians living in the Shida Kartli highlands by the Russian authorities in the first half of the XIX century

The resettlement of Ossetians in the XVII-XVIII centuries to the Shida Kartli highlands took place with the assistance of the royal government of Kartli. Ossetians, resettled to the sources of Didi and Patara Liakhvi, became serfs of the royal government or local feudal lords. The Ossetians sometimes did not justify the hopes of the royal government and local feudal lords. They did not pay taxes, ravaged the local population, plunder, and kidnapped. Therefore, local feudal lords demanded their eviction. The royal government tried to restore order.
The Ossetians resettled to the Shida Kartli highlands continued to attack Georgian villages, robchurches, and steal cattle even after the establishment of Russian power. The Russian government tried to subjugate the Ossetians at the beginning of the XIX century. The Ossetians living in the Shida Kartli highlands did not recognize the Tsarist power and fought against the Russian colonial regime under the flag of Georgian princes. At the time of their resettlement to Georgia, Ossetians were pagans. The Russian government actively tried to convert them to Christianity.
In the middle of the XIX century, the Russian Government subordinated the Ossetians living in the Shida Kartli highlands to the military administration.