Voice of the Circassian Diaspora: New Secrets of the Circassian Heritage / Голос черкесской диаспоры: новые тайны черкесского наследия

صوت الشتات الشركسي: أسرار جديدة للتراث الشركسي

Voice of the Circassian Diaspora: New Secrets of the Circassian Heritage

Голос черкесской диаспоры: новые тайны черкесского наследия


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Even the Furniture Circassians Use Contributes to Their Longer Life Expectancy, KBR Researchers Say

Even the Furniture Circassians Use Contributes to Their Longer Life Expectancy, KBR Researchers Say

Friday, June 13, 2025

Even the Furniture Circassians Use Contributes to Their Longer Life Expectancy, KBR Researchers Say

Paul Goble


            Staunton, June 10 – New research by scholars at the Kabardino-Balkaria State University finds that the cultural code of the Circassians – the Adyge Khaze – the clothes they wear, and even the furniture they have traditionally used contributes to longer life expectancy — including an unusual number of centenarians among them.

            The North Caucasus is famous for the number of people who live to great age, and many have offered their theories as to why that is so. (My personal favorite is a cartoon showing an older North Caucasian in traditional dress who, when asked how he has lived so long, replies that it is because he has never criticized the state.)

            But now scholars at the KBR University have offered a more scientifically-based explanation. They say that “an enormous role” is played by their cultural traditions, which include behavior, dress and even furniture (https://kbsu.ru/podrazdelenija/fakultety/meditsinskij-fakultet/news/uchenyj-kbgu-vyvel-formulu-dolgoletija-iz-tradicionnogo-byta-adygov/). Read more

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / June 13, 2025    

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / June 13, 2025      

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Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees / Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees / Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Correction: Circassians Were Deportees, Not Refugees

Erased by Occupation: The Deportation That Shattered Circassia

Adel Bashqawi

June 7, 2025


Image: AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot / A depiction of the forced deportation of Circassians, created through AI to visually reinforce historical accuracy

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Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 28, 2025      

Paul Goble’s 50 Windows on Eurasia / May 28, 2025      

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The Patriotism of Hypocrites—More Perilous Than the Treachery of Collaborators

The Patriotism of Hypocrites—More Perilous Than the Treachery of Collaborators

The Patriotism of Hypocrites—More Perilous Than the Treachery of Collaborators

Adel Bashqawi

May 29, 2025


AI-generated via Microsoft Copilot /
This image connects it to the themes of hypocrisy and patriotism in the Circassian context

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Kremlin Returns Crosses to Its Emblem, Opening the Way for Crosses to Appear on State Symbols More Generally

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Kremlin Returns Crosses to Its Emblem, Opening the Way for Crosses to Appear on State Symbols More Generally

Paul Goble

Staunton, May 23 – On May 21, the Kremlin inserted Orthodox crosses in place of diamonds on its coat of arms, a change the Russian Orthodox Church had long sought and that likely opens the way for a wholesale return of such crosses to Russian symbols across the entire country. Read more

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