The main research idea of ​ ​ the dissertation is the historical and theoretical development and coverage, based on the analysis of all sources and scientific literature available to the author, of a set of issues related to revealing the role of Tabasaran in the system of international relations of Russia, Iran and Turkey, methods and means of implementing the Caucasian policy of these powers, recreating the historical and political panorama of the struggle of the highlanders against the claims of the powers competing in the region in the 18th - early. KhІKh in.