The Russian Trail of Tears | The Circassian Genocide

August 15, 2024

The Circassian genocide is a forgotten atrocity which saw the near eradication of a people. This film attempts to show what has rarely been shown.

Timestamps:

History of Circassia: 00:04:12

History of Russia: 00:10:58

Early Russo-Circassian interactions: 00:14:49

Russo-Kabardian war: 00:22:25

Russia and Western Circassians: 00:26:10

Circassian relations with Britain: 00:27:48

Circassia in the 1840s and 1850s: 00:31:40

Crimean war: 00:34:34

Final war and mass deportation: 00:37:51

Circassian refugees after the deportation: 00:51:21

Remaining Circassians in Russia: 00:59:26

Memory of the Genocide: 01:04:58

Bibliography:

Books

The Circassian Genocide (Walter Richmond, 2013)

Hidden Genocides (Alexander Laban Hilton, 2014)

Circassian History (Kadir Natho, 2009)

A short history of Russia (Mark Galleotti, 2021)

Articles

RadioFreeEurope | Georgia Recognizes Russian ‘Genocide’ of Ethnic Circassians. (20/05/2011) https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia_recog…

ReliefWeb | Russia and Georgia: The Circassian Question. (10/11/2010) https://reliefweb.int/report/georgia/…

Websites

Music:

Music Kevin Macleod | Imcompetech – Crypto, Devastation and Revenge, Stay the Course, Drums of the Deep, Serpentine Trek.

Supreme Commander – Followers of the Way, We are Cybran Razors, Risk Relief and Victory.

Richard Wagner – Lohengrin

Rule Britannia (Instrumental)

Frederick Chopin – Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor

Basso Profondo – Blessed is the man who seeks no council among the impious

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