Ukrainian parliamentarians want to declare Russia’s 1864 expulsion of Circassians a genocide

"Highlanders Leaving Their Village" by Petr Gruzinsky shows the expulsion by the Russian Empire of Circassians, the indigenous peoples of North Caucasus from their homeland after its annexation by Russia at the end of the Russo-Circassian War of 1763–1864. The peoples expelled were mainly the Circassians (Adyghe), Ubykhs, Abkhaz, and Abaza. (Image: Wikimedia)

Their leader, Oleksiy Honcharenko, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, … Continue reading Ukrainian parliamentarians want to declare Russia’s 1864 expulsion of Circassians a genocide

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