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The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in 1763 with the Russian Empire assuming authority in Circassia, followed by the Circassian refusal, and ending 100 years, 10 months and 6 days later with the last army of Circassia defeated on 21 May 1864 , making it ...
The Circassian genocide, [10] [11] or Tsitsekun, [a] [b] was the Russian Empire 's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 95–97% [c] [d] of the Circassian population, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths [15] [e] during the final stages of the Russo-Circassian War. [16] [17] [18] The peoples planned for extermination were ...
The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in 1763 (O.S) with the Russian Empire assuming authority in Circassia, followed by the Circassian refusal, and ending 100 years, 10 months and 6 days later with the last army of Circassia defeated on 21 May 1864 (O.S), making it exhausting and casualty-heavy for both sides.
Circassia [b] ( / sɜːrˈkæʃə / sir-KASH-ə ), also known as Zichia, [8] [9] was a country and a historical region in the North Caucasus. Located along the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, [10] [11] it was conquered by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Circassian War (1763–1864), after which approximately 90% of the Circassian ...
Feb 7, 2014 · The future Czar Alexander II was born in Moscow’s Kremlin on April 17, 1818, during Easter Week, a good omen to the Russian Orthodox. At the time of Alexander’s birth, Russia was at a ...
the Russian Imperial state committed genocide against the Circassian nation in the course of the Russo-Caucasian War,5 by exterminating a significant part of the indigenous Circassian population, deporting the vast majority of survivors to the Ottoman Empire, and destroying the Circassian state as a politico-administrative and historical entity.
May 21, 2011 · Relations between Georgia and Russia have remained hostile since a brief war in 2008, and Georgia recently made an effort to build ties with restive Caucasian ethnic groups in Russia.
