23 мая 2018, 05:29
Память о жертвах Кавказской войны помогает черкесам сохранить национальную идентичность
Память о жертвах Кавказской войны помогает черкесам сохранить национальную идентичность
Month: May 2018
Armenian Events Leave Moscow with Hobson’s Choice of What to Lose, Russian Analyst Says
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Armenian Events Leave Moscow with Hobson’s Choice of What to Lose, Russian Analyst Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 22 – In the wake of Nikol Pashinyan’s meeting with Putin in Sochi and his declaration that Yerevan will not change from its Moscow-centered foreign policy, many in the Russian capital are “moderately optimistic” about the future of Russian interests in the southern Caucasus, Aleksey Fenenko says. Read more
In Front of the Circassian Genocide Monument / أمام نصب الإبادة الجماعية الشركسية
21 May, 2018
In Front of the Circassian Genocide Monument / أمام نصب الإبادة الجماعية الشركسية
في الحادي والعشرين من مايو/أيار، يحيي المركز الثقافي الشركسي في تبليسي ذكرى الإبادة والتهجير الشركسي أمام نصب الإبادة الجماعية الشركسية في أناكليا على شاطىء البحر الأسود
On the 21st of May, the Circassian Cultural Center in Tbilisi commemorates the memory of Genocide and Deportation in front of the Circassian Genocide Monument in Anaklia on the Black Sea Read more
Turkish president recalls ‘Circassian Exile’ tragedy
- May 22 2018 10:03:58
Turkish president recalls ‘Circassian Exile’ tragedy
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 21 remembered the deportation of Circassian people 154 years ago by the Russian empire.
“On the 154th year of the ‘Circassian Exile,’ I wish mercy from Allah upon my Circassian brothers and sisters. We have not forgetten this tragedy and we never will,” said Erdoğan in his remembrance message posted on his official Twitter account.
Nearly 1.5 million Circassians were expelled from the Caucasus region to the east of the Black Sea when it was overrun by Russia in 1864. Some 400,000-500,000 are believed to have died.
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Turkish president recalls ‘Circassian Exile’ tragedy
‘Tlapqghakakwad’ Overcome – Circassians Mark 154th Anniversary of Genocide
Monday, May 21, 2018
‘Tlapqghakakwad’ Overcome – Circassians Mark 154th Anniversary of Genocide
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 21 – History, it is often observed, is written by the victors; but those who look like victors at one point may turn out to be the defeated at another and those who appeared to be the vanquished may come back Phoenix-like and win a larger and longer victory than anyone – including themselves – could ever imagine.
Today, Circassians around the world mark what they call tlapqghakakwad – the Circassian word for “death of the nation” – the anniversary of Russia’s expulsion and killing of their ancestors in 1864 after more than a century of resistance to Russian imperial advance into the Caucasus. Read more