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Circassian Congress finds Creeping Crosses in Adygea to be a provocation, Caucasian Knot

January 30, Caucasian Knot - The erection of Orthodox Creeping Crosses in Adygea causes dissatisfaction among the Circassian community of the republic. Murat Berzegov, head of the Circassian Congress, treats the erection of crosses as provocation; while the "Adyge Khasse" asks...

Unified Circassia Said No Threat to Russia, But a Divided One Could Be, by Paul Goble

January 25, A unified Circassian republic “is no threat” to the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, a leading Circassian organization says, but Moscow’s maintenance or even exacerbation of Soviet-imposed divisions could well presents the country with serious problems...

Mr. Khloponin Goes to the Caucasus, by Nikolai Petrov - The Moscow Times

January 22 - For the second time since the 2004 tragedy in Beslan, the Kremlin is taking strong political measures to end the violence in the North Caucasus. This time Moscow has decided to name Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Khloponin as the presidential envoy to the newly created...

Moscow Uses Commission on “Historical Falsification” to Deny Circassian Rights, by Fatima Tlisova

January 21 - “The main goal of the ‘Special Presidential Commission against falsifications of the history of the Russian Federation causing harm to Russian national interests’ is to identify and fight against conscious, imprudent falsifications, aimed on the political results...

Adygeya Expanding Contacts with Circassian Compatriots Abroad, by Paul Goble

January 21 - The Adygey Republic government is expanding its effort to reach the five million Circassian compatriots abroad, developing programs that both track with and go beyond what Moscow has been doing over the past decade to reach ethnic Russians living outside the...

Will Caucasus Have Peace Now? Politicians and political scientists comment on Alexander Khloponin's promotion

January 20 -  Comments on Khloponin's Promotion to the Head of the Caucasus Federal Region. Ruslan Khasbulatov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ex-chairman of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation): Forget it. When federal regions...

Moscow's New Arrangements in North Caucasus Likely to Backfire on Their Creators, by Paul Goble

Window on Eurasia - January 20 – President Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to create or more precisely to restore a North Caucasus Federal District – it existed at least on paper for a brief time in May 2000 -- and to name a former Krasnoyarsk governor to head it appears likely...

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Interview with Mohydeen I. Quandour

January 27 - Mohydeen Quandour, famous Circassian director of the upcoming movie "Cherkess" has answered questions of CW about his new movie and future projects. CW gratefully acknowledges the insights that Mr. Quandour has kindly shared with us.

Profile: A writer, film producer and businessman with more than 40 years experience in international arenas. Quandour was born in Jordan and completed all his education (BA. MA. MIS. PHD) in the USA. He began his creative & business career in New York at J. Walter Thompson Co. (1962) in advertising and documentary film productions. He later moved to Bristol Myers in marketing and remained until end of 1969. In 1970 he published his first novel "The skyjack Affair" and moved to Hollywood in the early seventies where he worked as a screenwriter and later producer/director for television and feature films. (Mannix, Bonanza, etc. and "The Spectre Of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Yanco" in Mexico). In 1974/75 Quandour returned to the business world as a marketing specialist and later as a consultant to several multinational companies and banks. 

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Special Issue: The Circassians, RAS Issue No. 42

To many readers this may seem a rather obscure topic. However, a revival of national consciousness among Circassians is currently underway and it is very probable that problems...

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Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary, Etcetera, by Edmund Spencer, Esq

Selections from Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary, Etcetera by Edmund Spencer, Esq. (originally published in 1837) - Upon Entering Circassian Proper - Circassian Life...

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Tevfik Esenç - the last person able to speak the Ubykh language

 Tevfik Esenç (1904 - October 7, 1992) was a Circassian exile in Turkey and the last known speaker of the Ubykh language. Esenç was raised by his Ubykh-speaking...

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The Circassians: A Forgotten Genocide?, by Stephen D. Shenfield

The massacre of the Circassians, a forgotten people, serves as the subject of Stephen D. Shenfield’s essay. The Circassians were forced to resettle after the tsarist conquest of their territory.

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Circassian World: Responses to the
New Challenges, by Sufian Zhemukho(v)
 

Small nations do not always have to be the victims
of conflict between larger nations; they can
sometimes solve their problems during hard times
if they are able to clearly understand their own...  

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Yuri Temirkan(ov)
Acclaimed International Conductor

Yuri Temirkanov was born in 1938, near the
capital city of Nalchik, the Kabardino Balkarian
Republic, in the north Caucasus. At the age of
15 years he went to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)...

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Prometheus among the Circassians,
by John Colarusso

The most archaic oral tradition seems to be that
of the "Nart Sagas." These are a large corpus of
oral tales involving the Narts, a race of heroes.
While traditonally termed sagas, they are...  

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Circassia and Circassians in the
Historical Books & Magazines

A Year Among the Circassians - Turkey, Russia,
the Black sea, and Circassia - Stories from Russia,
Siberia, Poland, and Circassia - The Dublin Review
Vol. IX - The Circassians...

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Heku-Zihia Circassian Web PortalPsine MagazineAmjad Jaimoukha's personal web pageAbazashta

Event

Symposium: “Kabardian Horse - Past, Present and Future” - Hosted by Cem Özdemir, leader of the German party, “The Greens”. Organization: International Kabardian Horse Association. Berlin, 13 February 2010. Read more...

Books

Nart Sagas

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs, by John Colarusso

The Circassians

The Circassians: A Handbook, by Amjad Jaimoukha 

 

The Abkhazians

The Abkhazians, by George Hewitt

Northwest Caucasus

The Northwest Caucasus: Past, present, future, by Walter Richmond

Caucasus

The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus, by Charles King

Atlas

Atlas of Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (1774-2004), by Artur Tsutsiev

In Memoriam

Kardengush Ziramiku (1918-2008)
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