May 21, the Circassian Day of Mourning… The Circassians, an indigenous people of the Caucasus region, resisted the invasion attempts of Tsarist Russia for nearly 300 years. On May 21, 1864, Tsarist ...

Political parties have made statements about the genocide of Circassian people who were exiled from their homeland following the occupation of the Tsarist Russia 157 years ago and were subjected to ...

The head of the executed man thought, saw, suffered. And I saw what he saw, understood what he thought, and felt what he suffered. How long did it last? Three minutes, they told me. The executed man ...

epa04052150 Members of a Circassian ethnic group shout slogans during a protest against the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in front of the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, 02 February 2014. The ...

In a twist of historical irony, Vladimir Putin’s aggressive campaign in Ukraine has cast a renewed and intense global spotlight on Russia’s often suppressed past, particularly its legacy of imperial ...