Circassian History Heritage Websites
The Circassian Diaspora - Details
The Circassian grandmother of Şölen Şanlı Vasquez at 18, as a newlywed in Kayseri, ca.
Circassians : Fighting to keep old heritage alive... - Details
This geographical positioning has brought the 12 Circassian tribes, characterized by love for liberty, great commitment to the nation, and a warrior spirit... Читать ещё
Circassians - a short history - Details
As most readers of this blog know I have and interest in the weird and odd, I like obscure C20th wars and campaigns not regularly played by the mass of other wargamers,
HISTORICAL TERRITORY OF CIRCASSIA - Details
The homeland, where the Circassians have lived for centuries, is called "Circassia" in historical documents.
Circassians people - Details
Circassians" is a term derived from the Turkic "Cherkess" ("Çerkes"), and is not the self-designation of any people. It has sometimes been applied indiscriminately to all the peoples of the North Caucasus. Most specifically,
Some questions about Circassian tribes - Details
From the numbers Wikipedia gives for number of Kabardian speakers vs. total number of Circassians, it sounds like Kabarda single-handedly makes up like 1/3 of all Circassians. What percentage do the other tribes make up?
The Legendary Circassian Prince Inal, by Vitaliy Shtybin - Details
The legendary Prince Inal is a key-figure for the Circassians, Abazinians and Abkhazians, a unifier of lands who founded the main princely generic branches of the plain Circassians. Let's see how legendary the figure of Prince Inal is and who he really was.
Circassians - a short history - Details
A brief history of this interesting people and military unit As most readers of this blog know I have and interest in the weird and odd, I like obscure C20th wars and campaigns not regularly played by the mass of other
Circassia on: - Details
ircassia (; also known as Cherkessia in some sources; ady, Адыгэ Хэку, Адыгей, lit=, translit=Adıgə Xəku, Adıgey; ; ota, چرکسستان, Çerkezistan; ) was a country and a historical region in the along the northeast shore of the Black Sea
Circassians - Details
This is the question I am usually asked if I ever mention that I am a Circassian. there are few people in the Caucasus, except and academics' whom specialized in Western world whom know of the Circassians and their history,
History, culture and traditions of the ancient people - Details
Circassians share with the Georgians the distinction of being the oldest continually identifiable ethnic group in the Caucasus
he History of Circassians - Details
The Circassians - self-designation Adyghe- are the oldest indigenous people of North Caucasus. Their language belongs to the North-West of the Caucasian family of languages
The Circassian Genocide - Details
The genocide committed against the Circassian nation by Czarist Russia in the 1800s was the biggest genocide of the nineteenth century. Yet it has been almost entirely forgotten by later history, while everyone knows the later Jewish Holocaust and ma
Association rejects claim that Circassians were assimilated in Turkey - Details
Circassians were essential elements in both Ottoman Empire period and in founding of Republic, says official
In the Beginning, God Made Me Circassian. - Details
This may have influenced their historic prominence within the Jordanian government and military. Since religious sects and politics are so ...
Threats to the Existence of the Circassian Nation - Details
Threats to the Existence of the Circassian Nation A crucial assessment by a homeland Circassian, for the threats to the existence of the Circassian nation.
Turkey: History and current situation of the Circassians - Details
The Circassian people have their origins in a land historically described as Circassia, in the north-western part of the Caucasus region, named after the Caucasus mountain range that runs along the border between Russia on the north and Georgia and Azerbaijan on the south (Encyclopaedia Britannica 1989, 326)
Adyghian - Details
…Main groups of Circassians, the Adyghians (Circassians proper, or Lower Circassians), who numbered about 165,000 in the late 20th century, live mostly in the republics of Adygea and Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia. The Kab
The Druid`s land - Details
The Shapsug are one of the 12 tribes of the Circassian people who historically inhabited the coast of the North Caucasus. For thousands years pagan rites were particularly important in Shapsug’s creed. The places of worship were consecrated trees, even when the Shapsug converted to Christianity and a bit later to Islam.
Circassian Heritage Center - Details
Housed in a complex of century-old basalt houses, this museum offers a fascinating peek at the local Circassian community and their daily life