History
Both the Russian and Ottoman empires fought for the region between the 17th and 19th centuries, during which the region was under Russian control. After the October revolution, the region joined the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921, during the Russian Civil War. The territories were detached from the Mountain ASSR to the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast in 1922, and on 5 December 1936 it was renamed the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1944, Supreme Soviet Joseph Stalin accused the Balkars of collaborating with Nazi Germany and deported the entire population to Central Asia. Stalin ceded the Baksan valley to the Georgian SSR. "Balkar" was dropped from the state's name, which was renamed to the Kabardin ASSR. The Balkar population was only allowed to return in 1957 during Krushchev's leadership, at which point its pre-war name was restored.
Read more about this topic: Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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