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The Circassian genocide, or Tsitsekun, was the Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassian population, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the final stages of the Russo-Circassian War.
The Circassian genocide was also the deadliest ethnic cleansing campaign of the 19th century. Calculations have estimated a loss of 94–97% [2] [3] [4] of the Circassian population. The Circassians were either mass murdered or forcibly kicked out during the genocide.
The Circassian genocide was the Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, forced migration, and expulsion of Circassians from their homeland Circassia, which roughly encompassed the major part of the North Caucasus and the northeast shore of the Black Sea.
The Circassian genocide, or Tsitsekun, was the Russian Empire 's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassian population, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the final stages of the Russo-Circassian War.
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe ( Adyghe and Kabardian: Адыгэхэр, romanized: Adygekher) are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. [29] As a consequence of the Circassian genocide, which was perpetrated by the ...
May 21 became the date of the genocide of the Circassian people when, in 1865, Circassian soldiers who entered the last doomed battle against Russian troops and died in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi died. To date, only one state – Georgia – has recognised the extermination of the Circassians as genocide.
The 155th anniversary of the Circassian genocide in 2019 was a reminder that between 6 March and 21 May 1864, Imperial Russia oversaw the massacre of 400,000 Circassians and forcible exile of 4 million, leaving only 50,000 in their homeland.
