Scattered across the world, Circassians are increasingly active online. Now in Russia, activists are putting forward an initiative to unite under a single name. Karachay-Cherkessia is a republic on ...
“The Circassian guards were established in 1921. Circassians came from the Caucasus starting in 1864 until 1920. They were a group of 40 soldiers and they welcomed Shariff Abdullah I and one of the ...
May 21, the Circassian Day of Mourning… The Circassians, an indigenous people of the Caucasus region, resisted the invasion attempts of Tsarist Russia for nearly 300 years. On May 21, 1864, Tsarist ...
The head of the executed man thought, saw, suffered. And I saw what he saw, understood what he thought, and felt what he suffered. How long did it last? Three minutes, they told me. The executed man ...
An international outcry at the award of the prestigious Quadriga Prize to Vladimir Putin resulted in its cancellation for 2011, thus depriving the 3 other nominees of the honour they were to have ...
The Circassian exile, recognized as a dark stain in human history, is commemorated as one of the most tragic events. The year 2024 marks the 160th anniversary of the forced expulsion of the Circassian ...
Almost anyone can tell you that Israel is a Jewish state. As a matter of fact, roughly 75% of Israel’s population is Jewish. The next largest group is Arabs, both Muslim and Christian, followed by ...
One hundred days have passed since the September 4 inauguration of former Russian Constitutional Court Justice Boris Ebzeyev as president of the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic (KChR). Since then, ...
The people collectively known in the West as Circassians in fact constitute four major (Kabardians, Cherkess, Adygs, and Shapsugs) and several minor ethnic groups (including the Abazins). They speak ...
On 21 May each year, Circassians around the world honor their ancestors who perished in the course of the Russian Empire's war of conquest against them. The 101-year struggle culminated in the mass ...
The Journal of Caucasian Studies (JOCAS) is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual, international, academic journal. It is also multilingual, including articles in English, Turkish and Russian. JOCAS gives voice ...
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