The monograph comprehensively examines the history of the development of relations between the peoples of South Dagestan and Russia of the 18th-19th centuries. The economic, political and cultural ties of the two peoples are shown in detail. A wide panorama of the joint heroic struggle of the peoples of Russia and Dagestan has been recreated. The role and place of the region in foreign policy of those competing for the sphere of influence in the Caucasus, Russia, Turkey and Iran of the 18th-19th centuries is shown. Issues of the people's liberation movement in South Dagestan 30-50 years are considered. XIX century The relations of the peoples of the region in the field of material culture, literature and science are highlighted.