CIRCASSIANS MARK 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESISTANCE TO RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
By: Paul Goble
Much has been and will be said about the 150th anniversary of the Circassian “genocide” by Russian forces that will be marked in 2014 when the site of that mass murder is scheduled to be the venue of the Winter Olympics. But this week marks what is at least as significant, politically if not morally, for both Circassians and Russians—the 250th anniversary of the continuing resistance of the Circassian nation to Russian aggression in the North Caucasus. Continue reading
