News related to Circassia

Oct 08, 2015

Circassia: Diaspora in Syria on the Run

  Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: Officials in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria say some 2,000 Syrians have arrived in the North Caucasian territory and are seeking asylum. A spokesman for Kabardino-Balkaria leader Yury Kokov said on September 10 that most of the refugees who arrived in the republic were "Syrian Circassians whose ancestors used to live in...

Oct 08, 2015

Circassia: Diaspora in Syria on the Run

Given the continued war in Syria, 2000 Syrians have fled the country and entered the North Caucasian region.  Russian authorities have stated that they can receive between 5000 to 10,000 Circassian...

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May 26, 2015

Circassia: Anniversary of the ‘Forgotten Ge...

  Below is an article published by PRI: The Circassians tribes of the North Caucasus once made a romantic subject for British and French writers. Alexandre Dumas and others were rapturous about...

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May 21, 2015

Circassia: Genocide Anniversary

  Turkey's Circassian community marked Sunday the 151st anniversary of the expulsion and ethnic cleansing imposed by the Russian Empire in 1864 that led to the death of around half a million Circassians,...

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Apr 30, 2015

Circassia: Heavy Criticism on Russia’s Double...

  Below is an article published by World Bulletin Halis Din, Circassian Association Federation Board member has critcized the use of the term "genocide" referring to the 1915 incidents by Russian...

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Nov 14, 2014

Circassia: Environmental Degradation Continues...

Below is an article published by On Islam: Of all the continuing environmental metastases spawned by Sochi’s hosting of the 2014 Winter Games, one of the more subtle is the Russian natural gas giant...

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Feb 03, 2014

Circassia: Peacefully Boycotting the Sochi Olympics...

Below is an article published by the World War 4 Report:  A boycott of the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics has been called by leaders of the Circassians, who are demanding that the 19th-century Czarist...

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Jul 04, 2013

Circassian Day at the European Parliament Highlights...

The conference celebrated Abkhazia’s rich culture through music, film and food. Several panels of international experts engaged in constructive dialogues about the political aspirations of Abkhazia,...

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May 21, 2013

Circassia: Remembrance Of 150th Anniversary Of...

Below is an article published by onislam.net: One of the biggest nations of the Caucasus – the Circassians (also referred to as Cherkessian) – is approaching to the anniversary of a terrible...

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