adyga adygha adiga NORTH caucasus GENOCIDE in HISTORY Videos

adigemustafa Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - Excellent!!

AbrekGirl Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - May 21st, 2008 was the Day of Mourning for the Circassian people. They commemorated the 144th anniversary of the forced migration and dispersion of their grandfathers from their homeland and the imperilment of their existence. The Caucasian war started in 1763 and lasted for more than 100 years. The Russian Czarist Army outnumbered the national Circassian resistance by more than 20 times. On 21 May 1864, the Caucasian War ended with the occupation of Circassian land...

AbrekGirl Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - ...The Czar approved a decision to deport and exile the entire Circassian people. Many tribes were exterminated. A whole people, the Ubykh (Ubih/Wubih), breathed its last. Not only was a nation murdered, but also a language; blatant crimes against humanity and culture. More than 1.5 million Circassians were expelled; 80% of the total population at the time. Most of them perished en route being victims of disease, hunger and exhaustion...

AbrekGirl Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - ...This deportation is treated as the first act of ethnic cleansing in modern history, and the largest genocide of the nineteenth century. They were dispersed all over the world. Some traveled 3000 Km on foot or on ox-carts. Some roamed for 25 years before settling down. Today over 4 million people who have Circassian ancestory live outside Homeland in over 40 countries across of the world...

AbrekGirl Says:

Aug 21, 2008 - ...On 21st of May 1914, Tsarist Russia celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formal declaration of the end of the Russian - Circassian Wars as one of its greatest national victories. In stark contrast, the Circassians had to wait until 1990 to commemorate this bleak day of May 21 to commemorate the tragedy of the nation - a belated mourning.