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Selected Interview: Stephen Shenfield

The Circassian “genocide” is no longer as badly neglected as it was. – An interview with Stephen Shenfield, November 2009

Selected Interview: Paul Goble

Paul Goble, director of research and publications at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy answers CW's questions. 2008

Western Caucasian Dolmens, V.I. Markovin

Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, vol. 41, no. 4 (Spring 2002), pp. 68– 88. Every type of monument from the western Caucasus gains certain popularity from time to time. When this happens... Read more...

Reflections on the Caucasus: 21 May 1864-2010

This project is the outcome of a desire of CircassianWorld.com, which has always tried to publicize academic works from the very day of its inception, to provide a platform for academics, researchers, politicians... Read more...

The Circassian Dimension of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, by Sufian Zhemukhov

PONARS Policy Memo No. 65 - Georgetown University. In 2014, the popular Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi will host the Winter Olympics, signifying Russia’s increasingly high international profile. Read more...

Imagining Circassia: David Urquhart and the Making of North Caucasus Nationalism

By Charles King - The Russian Review, Volume 66, Issue 2 (April 2007) Pages 238 - 255. Peripheral nations attract committed intercessors. Over the last two centuries, the cause of almost every sizeable... Read more...

The Circassians in Jordan

The first wave of Circassian immigrants, who were mainly of Shapsugh extraction, arrived in Jordan in 1878 and took refuge in the old ruins of Amman. These were followed by the Kabardians who settled in... Read more...

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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