On this day 161 years ago, the Russian Empire began a systematic genocide against the Circassian people. 97% of the population perished; the rest were exiled from their homeland.

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  2. I’m looking forward to a time (that will probably never arrive) when we can discuss and debate the veracity of all these atrocities out of the sphere of politics. Clearly the concept of nation-states did a lot of harm as it established itself as the new paradigm around 19th century and we should be able to address that harm without making it a weapon in today’s political arena.

  3. The UN said at least 14000 babies in Gaza are about to be starved to death in 24 hours.

  5. Expecting russian bots with their takes:
    – it wasn’t genocide but rather self defence/liberation
    – it was but it was necessary
    – us/england/etc did that too at some point

  7. This happed during Caucasian War and unsurprisingly this was never featured in our books, to my knowledge, from 2007-16. I doubt that federal books even mention anything civilian related.

  8. Around half of the population were killed, not 97%. Instead, 97% were killed or displaced.

  9. Day of morning. It’s sad how the circassians has been chased from place to place. Golan Heights should have been theirs to keep.

  10. While horrible, it isn’t 97% of the population was *killed*. It’s 97% of the population was affected either through death or displacement (and 3% remained). The actual deaths look to be around half the population if I follow the [article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocide) correctly.

  11. To protect yourself from knowledge you should paint your face in orange

  12. Russia may have no overseas colonies like other european countries but they do act like a colonialist to their surrounding countries…

  13. I will remind you that the main income of the Circassians was the sale of slaves to the Ottomans, who were then allies of Britain.

  14. yeah true but well i think we d never see anything about other genocides which are committed by european countries. when you start posting things like

    “…. years ago France started ‘Pacification’ in Algeria which resulted with around 500,000–1,000,000 deaths”

    just an example ofc there are plenty like that.

    this is why it seems little funny to me because you are just circle jerking here.

  15. Did they try to join the EU or something?

    Or existed in a threatening manner like Ukraine? Perhaps they were not a real country? Did they have nazis and needed some denazifying?

  18. You got your numbers absolutely wrong.

    The expulsion/genocide did not kill 97% of the population. It was rather that 85% of the population were exiled and forced to leave the territory, the other 15% were tribes that were considered peaceful and allowed to stay. Those 85% were given a choice between the Kuban region, and Ottoman Turkey. 3/4 of them chose Turkey. So that’s 3/4 of 85%, or about 64%. Of those, a lot died while waiting for the vessels on the coast in unsanitary conditions and short on food, a lot died enroute, and a lot died in Ottoman territory where at first they were put into quarantine camps and son. Although we do have pretty accurate numbers for the amount exiled and those who went to Turkey thanks to Russian and Ottoman records at the time, there are only loose estimates for the amount who lost their lives. It could well be higher than 50%. But let’s say 50%. So that’s 32% of the population who died, plus whoever died of those who accepted relocation to the Kuban.

    Now these figures don’t include the Russian-Circassian war itself, which was fought in the 50 years prior, and often using what we would call today genocidal tactics, although back then it was indeed pretty common when it came to wars of expansion of Europeans against non-Europeans.

  19. So many of them lost their lives in the Blacksea so most still don’t eat fish from the Blacksea.

  21. Maybe you guys will finally learn what a genocide really is…

  22. Another good example of the beauty of the russian world.

  23. Let’s play a game! How many sentences can you make?

    On this day ___ years ago, the Russian _________ began a systematic process against _________. ______% of the population perished; the rest were exiled from their homeland.

  27. If it was genocide, then the whole colonial policy of the same Great Britain was a complete genocide. The Circassians, who did not resist the imperial troops and became Russian citizens, were not oppressed.

    There were numerous Circassian nobility in the service of the Russian emperor.

    Since the second half of the 18th century, many Circassian princes and nobles contributed to the colonial policy in the North Caucasus and served in the Russian army. Among them were the princes Bekovichi-Cherkassky, the princes Gelyakhstanov, Tausultanov, the nobles Begidov-Gorichi, Anzorov, Sidakov and many others.

    Circassian nobles participated in the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Among them, the most famous are podesaul Fyodor Nikolaevich Bekovich Cherkassky, who commanded the Kabardian hundred, the nobles Captain Konstantin Khagondokov, Mudar Anzorov, Zhafar Nauruzov, Hakyasha Dokshokov and others.

    During the First World War of 1914-1917, more than 20 officers from among the Circassian princes and nobles were awarded Russian military orders. Among them is Fyodor Nikolaevich (Timbot) Bekovich-Cherkassky, Pshimakho Abukov, Dokshuko Astemirov, Adil-Girey Derov, Ali Inarokov and others.

  28. Europeans still refuse to take responsibility for their own history… Of which a lot of it is stained in the blood of the people of colonized lands…

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