Materials of the scientific conference "General A.P. Ermolov and Russian-Caucasian relations in the XIX - early XX century.," Held on December 8-9, 2008 as part of the research project "Political arrangement of the Caucasus in the epistolary heritage of A.P. Ermolov," are of interest not only to Caucasian historians, but also to the general public interested in Russian politics in the XIX - early XX centuries on the national outskirts of the empire, in particular in the Caucasus.