Caucasian Front (militant group)

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Caucasian Front (Russian: Кавказский фронт)
Flag of Caucasian Front and coat of arms of ChRI
Leaders	Abdul-Halim Sadulayev † Shamil Basayev † Dokka Umarov † Ali Taziev Abdullah Yandurkaev (Emir Abu Muslim) †
Dates of operation	May 2005 – October 2007
Motives	To fight the Russian rule not only in Chechnya but also in the rest of the Caucasus
Headquarters	North Caucasus
Active regions	Russia
Ideology	Islamism
Part of	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Allies	Ingush Jamaat Shariat Jamaat Yarmuk Jamaat Kataib al-Khoul
Opponents	Russia
Battles and wars	Second Chechen War
Preceded by Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Succeeded by Caucasus Emirate (various defecting factions)

The Caucasian Front (Russian: Кавказский фронт), also known as Caucasus Front or the Caucasian Mujahideen, established in May 2005 as an Islamic structural unit of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria's armed forces by the decree of the fourth president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev. In September 2006, Ali Taziev was appointed as the emir and commander-in-chief of the Caucasian Front by Dokka Umarov. The group eventually reorganized as "Vilayat Nokhchicho" in 2007 and became a part of the Caucasus Emirate.